Curated OER
Build Your Own Round Tower
For this history of Ireland worksheet, learners use the provided full color patterns to build their own round tower. Students cut, paste and fold this piece.
Curated OER
Journalism - The Attention Grabbing Topic Sentence
Students act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.
Curated OER
All's Fair in Sport And Competition
Students design a physical activity contest or game that has no cultural or gender biases which includes an assessment that ranks competitors according to the competitors abilities. They participate in and evaluate the newly designed...
Curated OER
Names in the Field: A Simple GPS Field Exercise
Students explore basic methods of GPS data collection, uploading the data to a computer, and making simple maps of their data using GIS software. They create a map of the data using GIS software (or Excel)
Curated OER
Zero, First or Second Conditional Verbs
In this ESL verb forms activity, students read 16 sentences that are missing the verb. Students choose the best form of the word in parentheses to insert in the sentences. Students indicate if the verb is zero, first or second...
Curated OER
The Games Divided
In these Olympic history worksheets, students read about the ancient Olympic games and the modern games. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the past and present Olympic games.
Curated OER
Sport Dictation
In this sport dictation worksheet, students take dictation concerning various sports terms and their definitions.
International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee: Athletics
Learn about the track and field events that take place during the Summer Olympics competition: races, jumps, throws, and combined events. Using colorful drawings and animations, this site provides a good introduction to the various...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Adidas Unveils Limited Edition 3 D Printed Running Shoes
An article highlights a unique new shoe designed with style and improved comfort for athletes.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 6 9 14: 91 Year Old Charlotte Woman Sets New Marathon Record
Read about a 91 year old marathon runner and her new record.
Able Media
Able Media Llc: The Ancient Olympics
A series of articles and historical information about the history, origins, and events of the ancient Olympics.
ESPN Internet Ventures
Espn: Sweetness Ran and Ran and Ran
Walter Payton holds the career record for most yards rushing in the NFL; that is one of the reasons ESPN choose him as the thirty ninth ranked best athlete of the century. Here you can get a glimpse of his many career highlights.
Read Works
Read Works: Desert Racing
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about athlete and desert racer Ryan Sandes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Hank Aaron
Major League Baseball's all-time leading career home run hitter, Hank Aaron is a baseball legend. Use this resource to learn about his career as a great hitter and role model.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Fergie Jenkins
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Fergie Jenkins, a Canadian-born professional baseball player, one of the premier pitchers in the game in the late 1960s and early '70s. A hard-throwing right-hander, he won at least 20...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Josh Gibson
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Josh Gibson, an American professional baseball catcher who was one of the most prodigious home run hitters in the game's history. Known as "the black Babe Ruth," Gibson is considered to be...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: o.j. Simpson
Biographical details on O.J. Simpson, American collegiate and professional gridiron football player who was a premier running back known for his speed and elusiveness. His trial on murder charges in 1995 was one of the most celebrated...
Other
Baa: Boston Marathon History
The Boston Marathon has a long history. Find out about its inception, the several routes it's taken over the years, when women were allowed to race, and its connection with Olympic racers. Click on BAA Programs to find a regimen for...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Convertible Shoes: Function, Fashion and Design
Students teams design and build shoe prototypes that convert between high heels and athletic shoes. They apply their knowledge about the mechanics of walking and running as well as shoe design (as learned in the associated lesson) to...
A&E Television
History.com: 7 Bizarre Sports Curses
Superstitions and sports are inseparable, but a few sports franchises and athletes have endured runs of such poor fortune that they seemingly can only be explained by the supernatural. Hexes such as the Curse of the Bambino and Curse of...
A&E Television
Biography: Hank Aaron
This resource provides a biographical sketch of Hank Aaron. This African American baseball player is one of the greatest of all time.
Read Works
Read Works: Big Dreams
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a disabled man from Ghana who became a triathlete. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Bob Hayes
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bob Hayes, an American sprinter who, although he was relatively slow out of the starting block and had an almost lumbering style of running, was a remarkably powerful sprinter with as much...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Football: Learn All About the Sport Football
All about football including a glossary of terms, players, rules, and strategy of American style football.