Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Gymnastics
Meet an expert gymnast to learn about the sport of gymnastics. Find out what gear you need, how to play, safety tips, and more.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Body and Mind: Activity Cards
Learn about sports and activities you can participate in to get in shape and have fun. Click on the name of a specific sport and read an "Activity card," with information on sports gear, safety, and more.
Other
Depaul: History of the Sport of Gymnastics
This article takes a look at the history of modern gymnastics from its first large-scale competition in the 1896 Olympics in Athens.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Early Break Dancing
From the Library of Congress America's Story series, find how closely break dancing and gymnastics are related as well as other facts about this dance and cultural expression.
Other
Dominique Moceanu Homepage
Visit Dominique Moceanu's official website and find a biography, latest news, career highlights, and press releases.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Gymnastics: A Lot More Than Just Flips!
A lesson that provides an introduction to gymnastics. Students will learn animal walks and balance, individual, partner, and small group stunts.
A&E Television
History.com: 8 Astounding Moments in Women's Olympic Gymnastics
From Olga Korbut's famous flip to Kerri Strug's vault landing to Simone Biles' multiple golds, see the feats that wowed the world. Women's gymnastics has been an official sport in the Summer Olympics since 1928, when the first female...
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Pe
Primary Resources provide pdf and html documents for lessons that include: warm-up activities, dance & gymnastics, invasion games, striking & fielding games, net/wall games, fitness & athletics, outdoor & adventurous...
Other
Rhythmic Gymnastics: Information
This site includes everything you need to know about the sport of rhythmic gymnastics including events, rules, and archive.
Other
Rhythmic Gymnastics: Events
This site includes descriptions of the event of rhythmic gymnsatics starting with the rope and links to hoop, ball, club, and ribbon.
Other
The Mary Lou Retton Official Website
By a 1997 survey, Mary Lou Retton was voted "America's Most Popular Athlete". This website includes a biography, a list of achievements, and pictures of Mary Lou Retton.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Emilie Le Pennec
Information about Emilie Le Pennec, the first French woman to win Olympic gold in gymnastics. The page also offers a chart of all the women who have won Olympic gold medals on the uneven bars.
TES Global
Blendspace: Gabby Douglas
A learning module with twenty-one links to videos, images, texts, and quizzes with biographical information about Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas.
Other
Gymmedia Online/gymnastics
Bilingual site that is available in either English or German. Up-to-date news about events in the world of gymnastics. News on preparations for the upcoming Olympic games, and information on different types of gymnastics.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Pommel Horse
Labeled diagram of a pommel horse.