Team Sports Teacher Resources

Students devise a plan to help get kids more active by encouraging them to participate in sports. Student, using spreadsheets, devise a weekly exercise timetable for a fitness fanatic and a realistic one of themselves.

First graders each write a sentence describing how they want the other students to race. The teacher calls one of students to read his or her instructions. The other students compete as relay teams to complete the instructions.

Students explore how Arnold Schwarzenegger rose to the top of Hollywood's A-list through sheer muscle and determination. Born in a small Austrian village, Arnold buffed not only his body, but his image and ego.

Students practice passing skills in a team setting using basketbal chest pass, basketball bounce pass, inside of the foot soccer pass.

Young scholars practice the skill of dribbling a ball with their feet and kicking it in a specific direction.

Students, through this game see the results of cooperation using bean bags and an open playing area (gym or field).

Students develop an awareness of and practice the mobility needed to run around with, and from, other Students.

Students practice their cooperation and balancing skills through this game.

Students develop an awareness of and practice the mobility needed to run around with and from other Students.

Students create a friendship portrait of a partner by tracing their shape on a panel of paper and filling it in with activities their friend likes to do.

Great interactive baseball game that combines your knowledge of economics and pro sports trivia. After completing the nine innings, you should have a better understanding of how economics is used in everyday life.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "State Team Sport of Hawaii - Outrigger Canoe."

In this lesson, students explore how participation in team sports can help empower youth in other areas of their lives. Students identify principles of how young people learn and discuss the ties between sports, civic engagement, and...

Lacrosse, America's oldest team sport, dates to 1100 A.D., when it was played by the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois people; it was a social event and sometimes played to settle disputes. The early versions of lacrosse matches played by...

One of the most popular team sports in the Winter Olympics is hockey. More than just a physical game, for scientists, it's a showcase for physics on ice - especially when it comes to the slapshot. Three-time Olympian Julie Chu, Thomas...

For this lesson, students will analyze the rules of snowboarding as established by the US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) in order to help them develop an athletic code of conduct for elementary school students. This code of conduct...

Part of a larger P.O.V. site about high-school-level baseball in Japan, this page delves into the meaning of "wa," a code of behavior that underscores the Japanese sense of group harmony, especially as it applies to the team sport of...

Playing outside makes kids happier, healthier and stronger! In this segment, Abby Brown visits a softball practice and discovers constant communication is a crucial part of working together as a team in order to succeed.

Extensive information about the history and present state of both amateur and professional sports in Texas, including the 'Negro Leagues' professional baseball.

Fantastic showing of pictorial memorabilia relating to the New York Yankees taken from the archives of the New York Daily News starting in 1923 up to the present.

The Library of Congress offers a timeline of the history of baseball from the 1860s through the 1890s. See how teams were developed and trace the eventual segregation of African-Americans to all black teams by the end of the 19th century.

Learn all about Hawaii's state symbols including the state bird, flower, fish, dance, flag, and more. Click on the symbol name to see a picture and learn more information.

This is the website for USA Lacrosse, which provides news, information, merchandise, and much more on the sport of lacrosse.

What happened in the NFL playoffs through the years? The stats, scores, players, coaches, and more.