GoNoodle
Added: 12 May 2014
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Tool
designed to help teachers provide short, engaging physical activity breaks with the underlying principle that physical health has a positive impact on academic achievement. These short "brain breaks" are presented in video and game format and are ideal for use within the classroom with minimal space and an IWB.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Exploring sounds
Suggestions for use: as a lesson stimulus and as a demonstration of how to do a particular physical activity. For example one of the zumba dances may be used as a fun active transition between subjects or after a period of inactivity. On the other hand the Run with Us section may be used as a lesson reinforcement or introduction techniques relating to running, hurdles, sprinting etc.
Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Exploring sounds
Suggestions for use: as a lesson stimulus and as a demonstration of how to do a particular physical activity. For example one of the zumba dances may be used as a fun active transition between subjects or after a period of inactivity. On the other hand the Run with Us section may be used as a lesson reinforcement or introduction techniques relating to running, hurdles, sprinting etc.
Strand: Dance
Strand unit: Exploration, creation and performance of dance
Suggestions for use: as a lesson stimulus and as a demonstration of how to do a particular physical activity. For example one of the zumba dances may be used as a fun active transition between subjects or after a period of inactivity. On the other hand the Run with Us section may be used as a lesson reinforcement or introduction techniques relating to running, hurdles, sprinting etc.
Strand: Dance
Strand unit: Exploration, creation and performance of dance
Suggestions for use: as a lesson stimulus and as a demonstration of how to do a particular physical activity. For example one of the zumba dances may be used as a fun active transition between subjects or after a period of inactivity. On the other hand the Run with Us section may be used as a lesson reinforcement or introduction techniques relating to running, hurdles, sprinting etc.
