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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Healthy Me: Bicycle Rules Keep Us Safe

For Students K - 1st
Learn how to stay safe when you ride a bicycle. Includes audio narration in 9 additional languages with text in English.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Newton's 3 Laws, With a Bicycle

For Students 9th - 10th
This video describes Newton's three laws of motion and how they relate to the everyday motion of a bicycle. [3:33] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Gearing Up for Bicycle Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about how to teach children about bicycle safety.
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Other

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Bicycles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A very extensive site from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that deals with all aspects of bicycle safety. Click on the menu under Useful Information to find activities and materials for kids, information for parents,...
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Other

The u.s. Bicycling Hall of Fame

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame was established to provide a single location where the history of competitive and recreational cycling can be made available.
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Other

Bicycling

For Students 9th - 10th
Bicycling.com provides everything you need or want to know about road cycling, mountain biking, the correct gear, upcoming events, training advice, and cycling news.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Steering Your Way to Bicycle Safety

For Students 3rd - 5th
Follow the bicycle safety checklist to a fun and safe biking experience.
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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Transportation 1: The Bicycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery item, the bicycle.
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Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Paulette Bourgeois: Franklin's Bicycle Helmet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "Franklin's Bicycle Helmet", written by Paulette Bourgeois. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
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Other

Velorama Bicycle Museum: Netherlands

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dutch are known for being avid bike riders, and this site by the Dutch Fietsmuseum proves it. Watch a slide show on various bicycle inventions over the years or take a virtual tour of the museum to learn about cycle history.
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PBS

The Math of Bicycles: Wheel Figure This Out (Grades 4 7)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Several good activities here. Look particularly at Wheel Figure It Out (which is the opening page) and Gearing Up. There are answers to the very good questions at the bottom of each.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Technology: Bicycle Parts

For Students Pre-K - K
Learn the names of bike parts in this book. Includes audio narration in seven additional languages with text in English.
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Other

Adfc Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad Club E. V.: Bicycling

For Students 9th - 10th
Site in German. The German Cycling Club offers much information in German about cycling in Germany, including tours, routes, brochures, and links to cycling clubs, tours, and equipment.
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Other

International Mountain Bicycling Association: Kids and Mountain Biking

For Students 9th - 10th
IMBA has several programs for younger generations. We have developed curriculum for schools, published kids-oriented brochures, and are developing a Mountain Biking merit badge with the Boy Scouts of America.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Bicycle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart the science of cycling is discussed. What makes the bicycle the most effective form of transportation today, what muscles are used while cycling, and different uses of energy are all...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Bike Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart lesson to teach students about bicycle safety at the K-2 level. It stresses the importance of using a bicycle helmet. There is an activote assessment at the end of the lesson.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Bicycle History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students learn the technological and mechanical advances throughout bicycle history.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Welcome to Bike Safe

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Harcourt School Publishers has provided terrific information regarding bike safety. This site suggests ways to safe proof your bike to prevent unwanted surprises while riding. Easy to follow links guide the visitor through hand signals...
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Read Works

Read Works: Heat, Energy, and Bicycling in New York City

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how bikes can be used to solve some traffic problems in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Bicycle Problem

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little boy named Jimmy who had a flat tire on his bike. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Curated OER

[Bicycle for Two]

For Students 9th - 10th
"1896 found the United States in the middle of a bicycle craze." Great site from Vassar College all about bicycles in the Gilded Age from 1896, A Website of Political Cartoons.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Healthy Me: My Helmet

For Students K - 1st
Learn how to correctly position a helmet on your head when you use a bike, scooter, or skates. Book includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Cycloid I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is more about student prediction and reasoning than actual formal math. In the lesson, students are to propose the shape that would be formed by a point on a bicycle tire, while...
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Other

Marshall Taylor: Newspaper Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
Watching bicycle racing indoors was a popular pasttime during the Gilded Age. Marshall Taylor, an African American, was one of the premier racers not only in the United States, but in the world. Read newspaper articles about his career.

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