This content area reading activity, ‘Running the Mile’ is a maths based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to use details to visualise, or create pictures of, what they are reading.
In the learning activity, ‘The Best Throw’ students learn about and discuss the use of technology in sports. They use graphs and tables to evaluate the impact of change on the javelin event, and form opinions about the impact of technology on other sports. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to be read before beginning …More
This history article, ‘Zola Budd’ features the South African long-distance runner who broke the women’s 5000m world record at just 17, while running in bare feet. It provides factual information about Zola Budd and the international ban imposed on South African athletes during apartheid, along with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the …More