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Fitness and the Brain: Understanding How Exercise Impacts Learning, Mood, and Memory

Class Details

  • Class Type: Online
  • Date: 8/26/2024 - 9/29/2024
  • Adams State Credit: 1
  • Nonmember Price: $145
  • CEA Member Price: $45

  • Registration for the optional graduate credits ($55 per credit) is a separate transaction through Adams State. Registration information will be available after you enroll and once the course is listed on the graduate credit portal.

  • Currently Enrolled: 11 of 30
  • Class Type: Online
  • Date: 11/6/2023 - 12/3/2023
  • Adams State Credit: 1
  • Nonmember Price: $145
  • CEA Member Price: $45

  • Registration for the optional graduate credits ($55 per credit) is a separate transaction through Adams State. Registration information will be available after you enroll and once the course is listed on the graduate credit portal.

  • Currently Enrolled: 28 of 30
  • Class Type: Online
  • Date: 5/6/2024 - 6/1/2024
  • Adams State Credit: 1
  • Nonmember Price: $145
  • CEA Member Price: $45

  • Registration for the optional graduate credits ($55 per credit) is a separate transaction through Adams State. Registration information will be available after you enroll and once the course is listed on the graduate credit portal.

  • Currently Enrolled: 30 of 30
  • Class Type: Online
  • Date: 4/7/2024 - 5/5/2024
  • Adams State Credit: 1
  • Nonmember Price: $145
  • CEA Member Price: $45

  • Registration for the optional graduate credits ($55 per credit) is a separate transaction through Adams State. Registration information will be available after you enroll and once the course is listed on the graduate credit portal.

  • Currently Enrolled: 30 of 30

About the Course

Exercise impacts everything from our mood to memory and even immunity. Explore the importance of aerobic exercise on brain function and development and learn strategies to easily incorporate fitness breaks in the classroom. In a job that is all-consuming at times, this course is also designed to motivate you as an educator to make your health and fitness a priority.

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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Identify a minimum of 3 benefits of incorporating aerobic activity into their personal daily routine and their classroom routines. 
  • Conduct fitness breaks in the classroom using 2-3 different tools that are readily available, including online resources, teacher imagination, and the playground or other outdoor areas.
  • Create and share with colleagues in their schools several easy strategies for incorporating fitness breaks into their classrooms.
  • Analyze how exercise affects mood, sleep, attention, and memory. 
  • Develop and implement a personal fitness plan.
  • Grade(s): Pre-K Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade Elementary K-5 Secondary 6-12
  • Subject(s): Physical Education
  • Teacher Quality Standard(s): QS 2.A QS 3.A QS 4.C

Facilitator

Courtney Petros

Reviews

Lauren DeAre
Useful and motivating
Ken Woodard
Being a PE teacher I have known about the Spark book and Ideas for many years. I am glad that now more and more people outside of the PE world are getting to know and understand the importance of movement for their student and how it can increase academic success. The Class was facilitated very well.

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