Enhance Your PE Curriculum With Pool Noodles

*This course has been pre-approved by OAHPERD for 5 clock hours.

This course provides an overview of how and why you should add the use of simple pool noodles into your equipment needs, equipment modification, skill development, instructional material and physical education curriculum. The course explores the many ways a simple pool noodle can be used to enhance your physical education classes, student learning and engagement. It includes ideas for modifying equipment, Adapted PE uses, cooperative activities tag games, relay races, field day ideas, and a variety of activities with all different sizes of pool noodles. At the completion of this course, participants will need to pass an exam with a minimum score of 80%. Participants must complete the course within 365 days of starting the course to receive a completion certificate.
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Objectives

  • Learner will be able to identify at least 3 reasons why using pool noodles in physical education classes just makes sense.

  • Learner will be able to identify at least 2 ways to use a pool noodle to modify physical education equipment.

  • Learner will be able to identify at least 2 new tag and 2 relay games they can implement into their PE curriculum.

  • Learner will be able to identify at least 3 ways pool noodles can be used to teach fine motor and developmental skills.

  • Learner will be able to identify at least 2 cooperative activities they can implement into their PE curriculum.

  • Learner will be able to identify at least 2 key ways to use pool noodles to enhance their lessons to increase student success.

Lauren Wilson, M.S., B.A.

Instructor Bio:

Lauren Wilson is an Ohio certified physical education and adapted physical education teacher, 2023 OAHPERD Elementary PE Teacher of the year currently teaching for the Twinsburg City School District in Twinsburg Ohio. She holds a Bachelors of Science from Kent State University and a Master’s in Adventure Educations from Plymouth State University. Currently, Lauren teaches preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, and high school adapted physical education. In 20 years of teaching, she has taught both in private and public schools teaching all age ranges. She has presented at the local, state and national level. Lauren has a passion for creating lifelong movers and encouraging her students be the best versions of themselves.

Lauren Wilson, M.S., B.A.

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