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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Track a Tornado

For Students 9th - 10th
In this TEDYouth Talk, Kosiba describes how she and her team use observations and modeling to track super storms, while sharing some incredible footage from the field.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Straights and Curves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars develop speed and stamina as they vary their running (and walking) speeds while on the track. Students may choose to "stride the straights and walk the curves" of the track or "[sprint] the straights and [walk] the curves"...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Partner Mile Run/heart Rate Calculation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
While working (and running) with a partner, a student works on "improving fitness, calculating target heart rates, and prepar[ing] for the mile run physical fitness test." This website includes a "Partner Recording Sheet" that will help...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: An Athlete Uses Physics to Shatter World Records

For Students 9th - 10th
When Dick Fosbury couldn't compete against the skilled high jumpers at his college, he tried jumping backwards. Fosbury improved his record immediately and continued to amaze the world with his new technique all the way to Olympic gold....
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Tale of a Whale and Why It Can Be Told

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which young scholars work like marine biologists studying the North Atlantic right whale. As part of this learning exercise, students will research field photographs of one of...