Tufts University
Tufts University: The Ancient Olympics
Here at the Tufts University you can find a wealth of information regarding the Ancient Olympics. Content compares the ancient Olympics to our modern games, provides a tour of Ancient Olympia, defines the "Olympic spirit," and includes...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Russia Sports and Recreation
An article about popular sports and recreation in Russia. Includes information on some of the most famous Russian athletes and chess champions.
USA Today
Usa Today: Taking Pills Isn't the Answer [Pdf]
This article warns against the use of performance-enhancing and diet drugs that can be purchased easily and legally. Authors looks at the world of professional baseball and examines the use of supplements, the effects they have had on...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Peyton Manning
Super Bowl Champion Quarterback, Peyton Manning, was inducted into the Academy of Achievement Hall of Fame in 2007. Here you can read a biography of this legendary athlete. Updated March 7, 2016.
Other
Top End Sports: Hydration for Athletes
Find brief articles that will teach you about the importance of hydration and how to stay hydrated during sports and physical activity. Learn about choosing drinks, drinking enough water, and checking yourself for hydration and...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Sports and Math: Will Women Athletes Ever Catch and Surpass
Explore, explain and make conclusions based on graphs of scatter plots of the Olympic records for men and women in the same event over the same years. Plot x- and y-values, and create linear equations from the data.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Jim Thorpe
Students learn about the biography of Jim Thorpe on this site. Learn about one of the world's greatest athletes, Olympic gold medal winner, professional football and baseball player, native American Indian.
Princeton Review
The Princeton Review: Career Coach
This site contains detailed information on the coaching career field. Tells typical duties, job requirments (both educational and personal), what to expect after being in the field for awhile, future job outlook, and more.
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
This site delves into the history of the Ancient Olympic games. The University of Pennsylvania's Museum of different aspects of the Ancient Olympic games.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Eating for Sports
Know what foods you need to eat in order to stay competitive. This website offers suggestion for kids who are active in sports and includes hints for eating healthy and staying hydrated.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Houdini
Use this site to explore the world of one of the greatest escape artists of all time. Houdini, a legend in his own right. Explore special features, timelines, and a fascinating gallery.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Soviet Sports Wars
Explore the history of athletic competition in the former Soviet Union and describe Soviet athletes' attempts to reconcile their achievements as unique individuals with the Soviet ideology of being equal to all. Research women's role in...
My Hero Project
My Hero: Mildred "Babe" Didrikson
This article overviews Didrikson's athletic career, in which she won Olympic medals and golf trophies. Use this article to learn about why she is considered heroic and check out the related links.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Sports Hero Michael Jordan
Learn why Michael Jordan is considered sports hero and an inspirational athlete to many. This article provides information on Jordan's exceptional sports career and on Jordan's contribution to children through the James R. Jordan Boys...
Other
Sweat, Perspiration and Glow
Discusses what sweat is and how it is beneficial, and what impact it has on an athlete.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Jim Thorpe
History for Kids presents an overview of the life story of Jim Thorpe, a Native American from Oklahoma who was a superb athlete competing in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics before moving on to play professional baseball and football.
Other
Moms Team: Heat Illnesses: Signs, Treatment, Types
What is heat illness? How does it affect young athletes? How can it be prevented? Find the answers to these questions in simple note form, and learn what you need to drink during physical activity in order to prevent yourself from...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: American Sports in the 1920s
A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about the history of sports in the 1920s, a time when sporting events were broadcast live across the nation and sports stars were idolized. Provides a list of famous athletes.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Munich Massacre
This overview discusses the events that took place at the Munich Olympics in September 1972 in which Israeli athletes were held hostage and killed by Palestinian terrorists.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis is featured in this brief biography highlighting his career and achievements as a gold medal winning track and field athlete.
Danuta Bois
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Florence Griffith Joyner
This entry profiles the late Florence Griffith Joyner (1959-1998), affectionately known simply as FloJo, the track athlete who won gold and silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.3,4 College Athletes
Below are the heights of the players on the University of Maryland women's basketball team for the 2012-2013 season and the heights of the players on the women's field hockey team for the 2012 season. (Accessed at...
A&E Television
History.com: How Jim Thorpe Became America's First Multi Sport Star
Decades before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders starred in baseball and football, Jim Thorpe was America's original multi-sport athlete. A two-time college football All-American and charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Thorpe...
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Wilma Rudolph
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2004 to commemorate Wilma Rudolph, the first African American woman to win three gold medals for track and field in a single Olympics. With a short biographical passage.
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