Curated OER
Kids Health: Bike Safety
Learn about bike injuries, the importance of wearing a helmet, and how to maintain your bike.
Other
Nyc Transportation Alternatives: Bicycle Blueprint
This site details "a plan to bring bicycling into the mainstream in New York City." Offers maps and detailed information on improving big city other-than-auto transportation choices.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf Bicycle Wheel
The purpose of this task is to introduce radian measure for angles in a situation where it arises naturally, in this case the movement of a bicycle wheel. Aligns with HSF-TF.A.1.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Transportation 1: The Bicycle
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.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Paulette Bourgeois: Franklin's Bicycle Helmet
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.
Other
Velorama Bicycle Museum: Netherlands
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.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Bicycle
Discussion of the invention of the bicycle with details on the various models over the past 200 years.
Other
Bike ride.com: Bicycling Events Calendar
This resource lists cycling events for the entire U.S. and Canada. There is a searchable database that allows you to put in the city you want and how many miles away you are willing to travel for all types of cycling events.
PBS
The Math of Bicycles: Wheel Figure This Out (Grades 4 7)
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.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Technology: Bicycle Parts
Learn the names of bike parts in this book. Includes audio narration in seven additional languages with text in English.
Other
Adfc Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad Club E. V.: Bicycling
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.
Other
International Mountain Bicycling Association: Kids and Mountain Biking
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Bicycle
[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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Bike Safety
[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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Bicycle History
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students learn the technological and mechanical advances throughout bicycle history.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Welcome to Bike Safe
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...
Read Works
Read Works: Heat, Energy, and Bicycling in New York City
[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.
Read Works
Read Works: The Bicycle Problem
[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.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Bicycle Wheel Gyro
Description of a museum exhibit in which the spinning bicycle wheel induces the rotation of a student in a rotating chair. Excellent demonstration idea.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Design a Bicycle Helmet
The goal of the activities is for students to understand the basics of engineering associated with safety products. Using a bicycle helmet helps to protect the brain and neck during a crash. In order to do this effectively, helmets must...
CPALMS
Mountain Bicycles, Inc.
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be deciding which type of bike will be best for a company to sell in their community. Students must work in cooperative groups as they determine...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Wheels of Chance"
This site provides the complete etext for H. G. Wells's story, "The Wheels of Chance; A Bicycling Idyll."
Curated OER
[Bicycle for Two]
"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.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Healthy Me: My Helmet
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.
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