Listed below are training videos for the FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM 8.x software. These videos were created using Captivate software. You will need Flash Player to run the videos: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/productinfo/systemreqs/. Make sure that you have administrative rights to install it on your computer. You may need to check with your school’s technical staff before installing this plug-in. Note: the FG software videos have only been tested on Flash Player 7 and 8.
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About Fitnessgram
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Created more than 20 years ago by The Cooper Institute, FITNESSGRAM is based on rock-solid research. It's the only health-related fitness assessment to use criterion-referenced standards, called Healthy Fitness Zones, to determine students' fitness levels based on what is optimal for good health. These standards are backed by the highly respected FITNESSGRAM Scientific Advisory Board.
FITNESSGRAM was developed by The Cooper Institute in an effort to provide physical educators with a tool that would facilitate communicating fitness testing results to students and to parents. The assessment measures three components of health-related physical fitness that have been identified as important to overall health and function:
FITNESSGRAM® helps you achieve your goals by applying easy-to-use technology to
ACTIVITYGRAM, introduced in 1999, is a behaviorally based physical activity assessment tool. It provides a three-day record of activities performed during each 30-minute period. The report provides information in the following areas:
FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM enables you to promote awareness about the importance of physical activity and fitness, assess the fitness and activity levels of children in grades K-12, and help them develop patterns of lifelong, health-promoting physical activity. (The program is also appropriate for use with young adults up to age 30.)
Teachers, students, and parents have been using FITNESSGRAM for more than two decades to understand, assess, and help meet students' fitness needs.
FITNESSGRAM assesses three areas of health-related fitness listed previously. Many test items offer multiple options, so you can choose the method you prefer. Each score is evaluated against criterion-referenced standards that have been established to indicate levels of fitness corresponding with health. Standards have been set for boys and for girls based on age. The use of health-related criteria helps to minimize comparisons between children and to emphasize personal fitness for health rather than goals based solely on performance. Since only modest amounts of exercise are needed for obtaining health benefits, most students who participate in physical activity almost every day will be able to achieve a score that will place them in the Healthy Fitness Zone.
The assessment items are as follows:
Aerobic Capacity
Body Composition (may select one option)
Muscular Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility
The ACTIVITYGRAM assessment is conducted over two school days and one non-school day. Students record their activity for each 30 minutes between 7:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. Each entry includes the time of day, the number of minutes in the activity, the intensity level of the activity, and the type of activity from the Activity Pyramid. Information is entered in the computer software and a summary analysis is provided.