Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Downhill Skiing Flash News!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view the Olympic Games events in real-time via satellite feed, Olympic Games sites on the Internet, or CNN. They report results as soon as they happen and quickly edit their news flashes for correct spelling, grammar, and usage.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Downhill Skiing: Past, Present, and Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the history of Olympic downhill skiing to gather information on names, dates, winning times, and the native country of Olympic downhill medal winners.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Snowboarding: Who, What, Where, When, Why?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the Who, What, Where, Why, and When of snowboarding, and then produce a Webzine (magazine) to showcase their new knowledge.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sports

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students obtain geographic information from the Internet.
Website
University of North Carolina

Univ of North Carollina: The Twilight Zone (Rod Serling)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses several aspects of the show, The Twilight Zone, and its creator, Rod Serling. Sections include Rod Serling Career, Concept, and Production, as well as details of the show like Backdrop, Plot, and Audience.
Activity
Other

Ncaba: The Basic Science of Bowling Ball Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Capital Area Bowling Association gives information on why it is vitally important that you understand the forces that create the reaction of your bowling ball as it travels down the lane.
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Other

Dong a Newspaper: Korean Children's Newspaper

For Students 6th - 8th
Well-known Korean children's newspaper website. Articles match general interests of elementary to middle school students: reports on world news, movie stars, singers, sports, science, school news, cartoons, writing competition and study...
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Other

Chez.com: Nager

For Students 9th - 10th
This website on swimming contains interesting articles with news, links, and tidbits.
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Other

Physical Therapy Central

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a great deal of information related to physical therapy and the Physical Therapist career. A search engine for research, educational section, history of physical therapy, and many links are all included in this site.
Website
Other

Heimspiel Medien Gmb H: sport.de

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on German and international sports, including US sports.
Article
Smithsonian Institution

Tween Tribune: Week of 6 13 16: Muhammad Ali, and Why He Mattered

For Students 6th - 8th
The Beatles' first visit to the United States was in 1964. Clever publicity agents arranged a meeting for the band with Cassius Clay. He was training for the bout that would make him heavyweight boxing champion. The result was a...
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Other

Landeshauptstadt Dresden (City of Dresden)

For Students 9th - 10th
Bilingual site with a wealth of information about the city, facts & figures, its history, culture, economy, sights, tourism, sports, etc. Click German flag in the top navigation to access the site in German.
Graphic
Other

Stadtinformation Karlsruhe

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site of the city of Karlsruhe. All the relevant information concerning city government and services, culture, freetime activity, sports, and so on. Includes current issue, plus archives, of both a local newspaper and a local...
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Other

Ncaa Cross Country

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about cross country, for male and female teams.
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Other

Ncaa sports.com: Field Hockey

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes information about field hockey, schedules, ticket info, records, results, and previews.
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Other

Ncaa: Men's Swimming and Diving

For Students 9th - 10th
All the new and old men's swimming and diving information for college teams and athletes.
Website
Other

Ncaa: Women's Swimming and Diving

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides new and old information on women's swimming and diving on the college level.
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Other

Sport1

For Students 9th - 10th
Sport1 is a German Sports website featuring all sports, news, information and interactive games.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Play Ball!

For Students K - 1st
Look at the many different types of balls and the sports where they are used. Book includes audio narration in 15 additional languages with text in English.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Family: Golf Buddies

For Students 1st
A story about a young boy going golfing with his father. Includes audio readaloud feature in English, Spanish, and Turkish.
Activity
New York Times

New York Times: Learning Network: 401 Prompts for Argumentative Writing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of 401 writing prompts for argumentative writing including topics about social media and cellphones, technology in the schools, gender issues, sports, TV, movies, video games, and much more. W.9-10.10 Write Routinely....
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Other

Brown Chiropractic and Acupuncture

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a commercial alternative health site that offers some basic information about chiropractic and acupunture procedures.
Website
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web Japan: Sports

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sports are important in Japan, as they are in many countries. Read about Japan's traditional sports as well as the more modern ones in this article from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: The Biomechanics of Pitching

For Students 9th - 10th
The goal of this sports science fair project is to learn more about the biomechanics of baseball pitching. The student will investigate if stepping forward and the length of the step affects the speed of the pitch. The Science Buddies...