Skating Teacher Resources

Learn about the center of mass and projectiles by examining the movement of Olympic figure skaters! Physics and skating fans will be delighted as they watch super athletes perform unbelievable feats. Arrows and text appear to highlight...

A very interesting demonstration on angular momentum and velocity. If you've ever wondered why ice skaters are able to spin so quickly during their routines, this video explains it in scientific terms. By bringing one's arms in to the...

A very interesting demonstration on angular momentum and velocity. If you've ever wondered why ice skaters are able to spin so quickly during their routines, this video explains it in scientific terms. By bringing one's arms in to the...

In this ice skate worksheet, students color a picture of an ice skate and trace and write the words "Ice Skate". Students color, trace, and write the words 1 time each.

In this Winter Olympics worksheet, students complete a word search puzzle with a figure skating theme, where they find 20 figure skating words.

In this word search activity, students find the words about figure skating spins that are listed in the word search grid. Students may use the word bank for help.

In this artistic worksheet, students study and determine the most efficient route to get through an ice skating maze. Students share their routes with their classmates.

For this letter I, handwriting worksheet, students trace and print both capital and lowercase I, 8 times each. Students also trace and print the word ice skates. A computer animation that shows students how to print the letters is provided.

Students research the pioneers of figure skating and write a feature story for a Web publication. They write articles investigating "The Story Behind a Gold Medal" and graph the medals won by different countries between 1976-1996.

In this word search worksheet, students find the words about figure skating listed in the word search grid. Students may use the word bank for help.

Students design a score sheet for use when watching a figure skating performance. They use spreadsheet software and research information obtained on the Internet to create their score sheets.

Students pretend to be ice skating on a frozen lake, putting on their pretend skates and place a pretend hat on their head. They watch a demonstration of the proper skating form, using their arms to give momentum to move side-to-side,...

Students, by way of the Olympic Games event of ice skating, are introduced to the concepts of gravity. They try some hands-on gravity experiments and explore the concept of gravity through art.

Eighth graders research the required elements of the short programs in men's and women's figure skating. They analyze the physical requirements of each move and relate the types of muscles, bones, and joints required to perform them.

Sarah Jessica Parker helps Elmo understand the concept of a pair. She uses shoes, mittens, and ice skates to define a pair. This video could be used before a math lesson to define this concept.

Speed skaters, hockey players, and ice skaters each have skates created specifically for their sports—an interesting fact for your Olympic Games fans! An engaging lesson explores the engineering design of different types of ice skates. 

In this word recognition worksheet, students trace the words "I love to skate!", write the words independently, and color the picture of girl ice skating.

What would you do if you saw an ice-skating moose? Kids read a short, entertaining passage and use a word bank to fill in the blanks using context clues.

Before getting into inertia and the basic rules of physics, the video introduces a series of videos. Using a cute cartoon and examples such as ice skating and kicking a rock on earth and in space, the video gets at the meaning of...

Students pretend to be ice skating on a frozen lake. The teacher is able to demonstrate proper skating technique using paper plates, bean bags and ice skating music. The students "ice skate" while the music plays, however, when the...

Give vocabulary instruction a boost with a memory game in which scholars match winter-related terms to its corresponding picture. Vocabulary words include snowflake, mittens, icicles, and more! 

This winter, reinforce vocabulary instruction with a crossword puzzle. Scholars examine picture clues to determine its word and plug them into the puzzle. Vocabulary terms include snowball, skate, cold, and more!

Young scholars learn the scientific principles of centripetal force through research and experimentation.

In this solving the maze instructional activity, students help the figure skater find the path through the skate shaped maze to find her skating partner. Students solve one maze.