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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Collisions and Momentum: Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 9th
As a continuation of the theme of potential and kinetic energy, this lesson introduces the concepts of momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions. Many sports and games, such as baseball and ping-pong, illustrate the ideas of momentum...
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Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Hitting a Baseball Needs the Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
We tend to think about sports and games as if they were physical activities that depend on strength and speed, and reading and math problems as if they were mental activities that depend on being brainy and smart. It's true that hitting...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Specialization and the Decathlon

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson uses results from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to explain that athletes specialize in sports and events for which they are most skilled for the same reasons that individuals and nations specialize in the production of goods...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Fish Force

For Students K - 1st
Use science inquiry to predict and investigate forces and motion to help rescue Ruff's plushie from the penguins' ice rink in this sports science game.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Discuss: Algorithms in Your Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners are invited to express algorithms in their everyday life, sports, games and apps.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Soccer for Kids: Individual Drills and Skill Work

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about individual drills in soccer. Practice these by yourself to improve your soccer skills.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Soccer for Kids: Referees

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the soccer referees and signals. What motions do refs make for different calls?
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Tim Lincecum Biography: Mlb Baseball Player

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Tim Lincecum's biography and his baseball career. Fun facts about the MLB pitcher.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Physical Education Lesson Plans: Pe Central

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An outstanding site for PE lesson plan ideas, Classroom Management ideas, health lesson plan ideas as well as ideas for field day activities. The lessons are broken down by grade levels. Ideas to teach a comprehensive physical education...
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Recreational Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Recreational Mathematics contains lots of fun links to Mathematical Art, Number Guessing, Puzzles, Cryptograms, and seven other fun topics. Each area is explored in depth and is appropriate for both students and teachers.
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Other

P.e. Links 4 U: Elementary Physical Education

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Find articles on health and nutrition, teaching ideas for the season, and featured web sources on this site. You can sign up for a subscription to be updated via email. There is even a bulletin board available to communicate with other...
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Read Works

Read Works: Big League Injuries

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the injury, treatment, and precautions against an ACL tear as an athlete. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Number Push Ups

For Students K - 1st
In this lesson, students will move to number cards and perform the associated number of push-ups with proper form. Teachers can mix up the numbers or require different mathematical operations prior to performing the push-ups.
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Read Works

Read Works: Ancient Greece the Ancient Greeks

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the ancient Greeks. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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A&E Television

History.com: Barbie Through the Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at Barbie's cultural revolution through the decades. Barbie's official birthday is March 9, 1959 -- the day she was officially introduced to the world. Handler always saw Barbie as a reflection of the times, with the first...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Tiger Woods

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Tiger Woods, an American golfer who enjoyed one of the greatest amateur careers in the history of the game and became a dominant player on the professional circuit in the late 1990s. In...
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Curated OER

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Cross Country Skier

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled diagram of the equipment used by a cross-country skier.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: American Football Tackle

For Students 9th - 10th
A team of defenders tackle an opposing player as he holds tightly to the ball during an American football game.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Olympic Rings

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an image of the Olympic Rings, the symbol of the winter and summer Olympic Games.
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Curated OER

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Water Polo Player

For Students 9th - 10th
Water polo player, with callouts.
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Curated OER

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Swimmer in Starting Blocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustration of a swimmer, in the starting blocks.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Cricket

For Students 9th - 10th
Providing a detailed encyclopedia article on the game of cricket, this website includes a general definition, the laws of cricket, a history of the sport, references, and more. Find photos of a cricket match, diagrams showing a standard...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Cricket

For Students 9th - 10th
Providing a detailed encyclopedia article on the game of cricket, this website includes a general definition, the laws of cricket, a history of the sport, references, and more. Find photos of a cricket match, diagrams showing a standard...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Cricket

For Students 9th - 10th
Providing a detailed encyclopedia article on the game of cricket, this website includes a general definition, the laws of cricket, a history of the sport, references, and more. Find photos of a cricket match, diagrams showing a standard...

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