I was listening to a Radio 1xtra podcast call fit club. And I realised that all the technology involved for monitoring heart rate, oxygen intake, work done etc would be great for the datalogging part of ICT (instead of monitoring a weather station). And the links with PE and Physics and Biology (ie more than one part of Science) would be great.
Plus you start gettting kids to think about their fitness… Might be a little cruel for those on the chubby side tho.
Link to 1xtra podcast
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