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Lesson Plan
Mathalicious

On Your Mark

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
With many factors leading to a great athlete, does height make Usain Bolt unfairly fast? Middle schoolers conduct analysis to change the running distance of the Olympic races to be proportional to the height of the participants. They...
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Worksheet
ESL Library

Muhammad Ali

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
"Float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee" with a resource about the greatest boxer of our generation. A short biographical reading passage introduces young readers to Muhammad Ali, and includes information about his early life...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Olympic Biographies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a book of biographies in order to profile famous Olympic athletes through history. In this biography writing instructional activity, students research information about historic Olympians, first by listening to a short...
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Graphic
New York Times

New York Times: 2008 Beijing Olympics (Newsmakers, Moments, Ceremonies, Beijing)

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York Times tells the story of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in pictures. Find images of newsmakers, such as Michael Phelps, the ceremonies, and the city of Beijing.