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Kerri Strug's Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Created by Kerri's brother and a few friends, this homepage offers biographical details, pictures, news articles, and book ordering.
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Dominique Moceanu Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit Dominique Moceanu's official website and find a biography, latest news, career highlights, and press releases.
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Primary Resources

Primary Resources: Pe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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The Mary Lou Retton Official Website

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee: Trampoline

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that on January 1, 1999, the trampoline became an official Olympic discipline? Learn about this exciting new event on the Olympic Committee's home page. It's history, the necessary equipment, images, and a wonderful...
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Curated OER

Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Pommel Horse

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled diagram of a pommel horse.
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Curated OER

Infoplease: Notable Summer Olympians Kerri Strug

For Students 9th - 10th
American gymnast, Kerri Strug
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mass Games

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wide Angle video features the Mass Games, a colossal spectacle of rhythmic gymnastics, which celebrate the North Korean state.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: A Question of Balance

For Students 9th - 10th
These project ideas explore moment of inertia and its consequences in a number of different sports including diving, gymnastics and cycling, and encourage investigation, experiment and discussion. This activity is aimed at higher level...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: 10 Olympic Starters

For Students 10th - 12th
These 10 questions encourage students to explore mathematical modelling in the context of several different sports including track and field athletics, shooting, football, tennis, basketball and gymnastics. This activity is designed to...
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Wake Forest University: Sports Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of WebQuests that require students to collect and analyze statistical data from several sports teams using the Internet. An interesting, real-world approach to statistics.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Olympics Content: Math and Science Behind Olympic Sports

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This group of resources use interest in Olympic sports to teach math and physics concepts. Students learn about velocity, the role of gravity, the importance of...
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A&E Television

History.com: 10 Historic Moments of Olympic Hype and Heartbreak

For Students 9th - 10th
Although they were favored to win gold at the Olympics, some Americans failed to even medal. In an especially cruel twist, two sprinters didn't even make it to the quarterfinals at the 1972 Games in Munich.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Mini Golf

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introduce students to golf-putting through a fun game of miniature golf. Build a nine or eighteen-hole golf course in the gym using gymnastic mats, carpet squares, and drinking cups. Then have students, in groups, play the entire course...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Physical Education Lesson Plans: Pe Central

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An outstanding site for PE lesson plan ideas, Classroom Management ideas, health lesson plan ideas as well as ideas for field day activities. The lessons are broken down by grade levels. Ideas to teach a comprehensive physical education...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Body and Mind: Activity Cards

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Discus

For Students 9th - 10th
A circular plate of stone or metal, made for throwing to a distance as in exercise of strength and dexterity. It was one of the principal gymnastic exercises of the ancients, being included in the Penthathlum. The preceding woodcut...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Halteres

For Students 9th - 10th
Halteres were certain masses of stone or metal, which were used in the gymnastic exercises of the Greeks and Romans. Persons who practised leaping frequently performed their exercises with halteres in both hands; but they were also...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pancratium

For Students 9th - 10th
An athletic game, in which all the powers of the fighter were called into action. The pancratium was one of the games or gymnastic contests which were exhibited at all the great festivals of Greece; it consisted of boxing and wrestling,...
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Curated OER

Cnn: Human to Hero: Nadia Comaneci

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Nadia Comaneci receiving a perfect 10.
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Curated OER

Cnn: Human to Hero: Nadia Comaneci

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Nadia Comaneci on the uneven bars.
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Curated OER

Cnn: Human to Hero: Nadia Comaneci

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Nadia Comaneci in 1976 Olympics.

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