The Movement Lab
Category: Fitness · 3-page printable PDF · Ages 5-6, 7-8 · Free for ConnectedPE members
A cross-curricular PE + Maths investigation where students become sports scientists. Working in pairs, they measure heart rate across three exercise intensities, record their data, then analyse it properly — graphs, range and mean — connecting movement intensity to cardiovascular response with numbers they generated themselves.
The dual mapping is real, not decorative: AC9HPEY604 on the PE side, AC9M6ST01 on the Maths side, which makes this an honest answer to "how do we integrate PE with numeracy?" — a question every primary team gets asked. The pair structure keeps one student moving while the other measures, then they swap.
Three pages, zero equipment beyond a way to count beats, Years 5–8. Run it in PE with the analysis as classroom follow-up, or co-teach it with the classroom teacher — the data collected in the gym becomes the Maths lesson's raw material.
What students learn
Students measure and record heart rate data, apply mathematical concepts including range and mean to analyse exercise data, and make connections between movement intensity and cardiovascular fitness.
Topics: heart rate, data collection, sports science, maths, cross-curricular, pairs, zero equipment, cardio, BPM, measurement
Curriculum links
- AC9HPEY604
- AC9M6ST01
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