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Sporting Traditions

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the sporting traditions associated with specific regions of the UK. They role play situations that demonstrate the need for good sportsmanship. They discuss and categorize different types of sports.
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Able Sports

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students work together to design a new sport for disabled persons. They share their new sport with the class. They discover how mechanical and biomedical engineers use information to test prosthetics.
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Stadium Voices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch NEW YORK VOICES special "New York Sports: Big Shots and Bad Guys," read excerpts from famous novels/essays in hopes of understanding the feelings that sports stadiums inspire, and create a tourist brochure that highlights...
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Running of the Bulls

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students conduct online research and investigate the tradition of the running of the bulls at the Fiestas of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. They write about what they have learned about the history and traditions of the celebration.
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Problem Solving and the Sports Page

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create and solve word problems using the boxscores from the sports section of the newspaper. The role play the sport, define abbreviations used and examine the fundamentals of scoring the sport.
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3 Position Pass Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students play a passing game to familiarize themselves with pass patterns and the roles of the quarterback, center, and receivers on a football team,
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SOS: Save Our Ski Slopes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students defend downhill skiing as an Olympic Games event by creating a presentation that graphically proves the economic impact and popularity of this event.
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What in the World Is Snowboarding?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research the sport of snowboarding in-depth, and divide into small groups to create an entertaining, multimedia newsletter on the sport.
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Sports Helmets and Impact Testing of Polymers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students test various polymers resistance to impact. For this technology lesson, students collect data and formulate a conclusion. They design their own helmet and present it to class.
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Safety Gear and Helmets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain how helmets protect the head from injury. In this physics lesson, students design their own helmets after considering certain parameters. They present their design in class.
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Pennsylvania Boxing: Living the American Dream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners reflect on fictional and real boxers from Pennsylvania.  In this history lesson, high schoolers read, reflect and discuss the historical period following World War II and observe the boxers that were famous from...
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Sport Dictation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this sport dictation worksheet, learners take dictation concerning various sports terms and their definitions.
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Ball Throw Relay

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars use ball-handling skills while running. In this ball-handling lesson, students divide into teams, toss the ball back and forth while running in a relay format.
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Olympic Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Olympic quiz worksheet, students break into groups and are given 1 minute to write as many answers as they can to the questions about the Olympics.
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The Olympic Rings

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Olympic rings activity, students read information about the Olympic rings. Students then answer 8 questions about the text.
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The Winter Olympics

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Olympics word search worksheet, students read 24 words that pertain to the sports in the winter Olympic games. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.
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Bottom of the Ninth and Down by Four

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students use the prompt 'It was the bottom of the ninth and we were down by four runs,' to write a short story.
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Word Search Puzzle: Let's Play Ball

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this baseball word search worksheet, students analyze 20 words in a word bank that pertain to baseball. Students find each word in a word search. This is an online interactive worksheet that could be printed.
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Sports

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word and picture matching worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict different sports. Students match these pictures with the name of the sport.
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Sports Word Search

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this sports word search worksheet, students locate and circle the names of ten different sports hidden in the puzzle. Words can be found forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
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Sports and Exercise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sports word/picture matching worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict different sports. Students match these to the word or phrase that describe them.
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Lunch Talks Review

For Students Higher Ed
In this health worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to health and diet. There are 19 health terms located in the word search.
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Is Football a Waste of Time?

For Students 7th - 8th
In this football activity, students, with a partner, explore, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with football and sports.
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Football Statistics

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students examine the statistical information as provided in the graphic organizer and calculate the other values.