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United Nations

Unesco: Math Games (In Arabic)

For Students 6th - 8th
This site offers games and lessons that teach basic math concepts such as area and volume, number patterns, time, etc. Games use familiar tasks such as shopping to reinforce math concepts. While the title of each page includes an English...
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Read Works

Read Works: How to Ride a Skateboard

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how to ride a skateboard. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Paddle a Canoe

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how to paddle a canoe. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Shoot It Harder, Shoot It Softer

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy who likes to play games at the arcade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Keeping Bears Out

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about why bears wander into camp sites and how to keep them out. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Sounds of Baseball

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An descriptive text about the sounds a person would hear at a baseball game. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Sir Isaac Newton and Le Bron James

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how the laws of motion apply to basketball. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: How Soccer Can Help Us Understand Physics

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the physics behind soccer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Winning Shot

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Amber who liked to play soccer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Motion of Baseball

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A descriptive text about playing baseball. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Softball

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn from an expert softball player about playing the game of softball. Discover what gear you'll need, how to play it safe, and the science behind the game.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Cricket Bowling Grips Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
This diagram shows four different grips used by a seam bowler in the sport of cricket. The different deliveries include a fast ball, slower ball, off cutter and leg cutter, all achieved by holding the cricket ball with slightly different...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Lacrosse Field Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
This lacrosse field diagram labels important areas such as the defensive, attack and wing areas. It also gives detailed measurements of the correct dimensions that apply to the sport of lacrosse.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Lacrosse Stick Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
This lacrosse stick diagram labels various parts of the lacrosse stick that are important when playing the sport. These parts include the shooting strings, accuracy strings, pocket, sidewall, neck and handle.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Whistle

For Students 9th - 10th
This clip art style icon is of a whistle, an important piece of equipment that is commonly used by sports referees.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Tennis Racket Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated discussion about the physics principles associated with tennis rackets and sweet spots.
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Other

Human Kinetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent resource for high schoolers on sports biomechanics and sports medicine.
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Physics Central

Physics Central: Physics Buzz Blog : The Physics of Football

For Students 9th - 10th
Football is a sport almost made for physicists. Newton's three laws of motion are at work during every play and little things like the unpredictable bounce of the "prolate spheroid" - the football - can throw kinks into a game no...
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Other

Florida Institute of Technology: Florida Tech Blog: The Physics of Football

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2011 poster from Florida Tech is called "Gridiron Science," and it tackles the physics of football. Researchers found that a better understanding of physics can actually help players improve their game! There's a reason quarterbacks...
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Michigan Reach Out

Newton's Apple: Soccer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning physics can help you win your next soccer game as well as prepare you for your science studies.
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Curated OER

The Exploratorium Museum: The Science of Sports Cycling

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the aerodynamic principles associated with cycling. Good science and even better web page design. Includes an online calculator that allows the user to calculate the aerodynamic drag and propulsive power of a bicyclist...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Irrigation Research Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
A challenge for students to learn more about the importance of field maintenance and water irrigation in sports and then produce a short informational video covering these topics. Specifically, students will record a video after they...
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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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