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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Ups and Downs

For Students K - 1st
Explore sports science and build a ramp that will roll a ball right to the target.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Bottle Cap Hockey

For Students K - 1st
Explore sports science and see how many points can you score with your bottle caps in Ruff's take on table hockey.
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Interactive
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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Graphic
Other

Time & Life Pictures: Defining Visions of an Enduring History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This database of images contains hundreds of photographs from TIME and Life Magazines from a span of over 70 years. This is a wonderful resource for the study of history, culture or photojournalism. Images are searchable by photographer,...
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Graphic
Lingolex

Lingolex: Football in Spanish (Football Vocabulary in Spanish, English and French)

For Students 9th - 10th
Soccer is a very essential part in the Spanish language. At this site elementary students can learn the words while intermediate and advanced students can build and form sentences and conversations around these words.
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Football: College and Pro

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of 22 vocabulary words and a variety of interactive puzzles and activities on the theme of football at the college and pro levels. A list of 310 football words is also provided.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Pitcher Perfect

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Katie Brownell, a female Little League pitcher who threw a perfect game. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Olympics Then and Now

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read two charts with information about the Olympics in ancient Greece and in modern times. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: 1988 Winter Olympics

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the 1988 Olympic Winter Games that were held in Calgary. Discusses the games, why Calgary was chosen and what occurred at the games.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Ernie Barnes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
View three of Ernie Barnes' influential artworks, along with quotations and discussion/writing prompts, and a short biography. The page is designed for young students.
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Website
University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford University: Faq: Physics of Rowing

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Department of Atmospheric Physics at Oxford University, this page gives a scientific look at the techniques involved in the activity of rowing. Discusses the concepts of propulsion, resistance, kinetic energy, and much more...
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Article
Scholastic

Scholastic News: A Super Bowl Classic

For Students 4th - 9th
An ecxiting account of Superbowl 51, when the New England Patriots overcame the Atlanta Falcons in overtime.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Frontline: League of Denial: Is Football Safe for Kids?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about health risks faced by football players and write down your responses to evidence that football may be unsafe for children, in this interactive lesson featuring media from FRONTLINE: League of Denial. The lesson focuses on...
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Lesson Plan
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Concussion and Head Injury Action Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Concussions and head injuries are the buzz in sports today. Address concussion and head injuries in the classroom and provide students resources to research and report on findings.
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Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Putting Two Words Together [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This FYI (Volume 3, Issue 2) article discusses multiple meanings for the word ball including sports (baseball), round (eyeball), and no connection to either of the others (ballroom).
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Reggie White

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Reggie White, an American professional gridiron football player who was one of the most dominant defensive lineman in the history of the sport. In his 15-year National Football League...
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Website
Other

Sports24 Tennis! (French)

For Students 9th - 10th
This French language resource provides the latest information on tennis from around the world.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Uses of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how humans use water today.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Radio Fever

For Students 5th - 8th
Radio created a mass entertainment culture that could bridge the gap between those in California and those in New York. Read about the advent of radio stations, and the companies that owned them. See why the federal government had to...
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Website
Other

Images Canada: Picturing Canadian Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains images of Canadian events, people, places and things. Search for images as well for more pictures on Canadian culture at this site.
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Website
Other

Athens 2004 Olympic Games

For Students 9th - 10th
Content includes an interactive map of the games with photographs of individual venues, schedule of events, Olympic history, and guide to Athens.
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Website
Special Olympics

Special Olympics: Artistic Gymnastics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Special Olympics provides information on Artistic Gymnastics and a coaching guide.
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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.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Hey Gear Heads! The Physics of Bicycle Gear Ratios

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's an abstract of a project from Science Buddies that asks you to experiment with bicycle gears and the circumference of the wheel to determine revolutions per minute.