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Below are some resources that might be useful in helping teach this authentic task. Also some resources that students could use in researching and gathering information on their chosen sports.

Teacher resources:
This website provides many different downloadable resources for teachers to use.
 * Teachers without boarders: []**

Technology for teachers is a blog created by Richard Byrne, its purpose is to share information about free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms.
 * Free technology for teachers: []**

Teaching ideas is a UK based website that is full of many great teaching ideas and plans. It has all the lesson ideas divided into subject area (e.g. PE, science, maths, literacy), you can then choose a teaching idea.
 * Teaching ideas: []**

The Le@rning Federation (TLF) is a great resource, it provides some learning tools that are very interactive and fun for students. There are over 3000 digital resources on the website that help with students' learning in Australia and New Zealand. These multimedia resources follow the curriculum alignment for Australia and are focused on curriculum learning outcomes. TLF also has many digital resources like: images, movies and audio clips, from large collections of the cultural and scientific institutions of Australia and New Zealand.
 * The Le@rning Federation: []**

** Suggested websites for students' research: **
//LifeTips //  is a website where you can get expert tips and advice on a subject. There are hundreds of different topics to browse through.
 * Life Tips: @http://trackandfield.lifetips.com/**

About is a website filled with many different how to manuals. They have many different categories that you can browse through, or type in the search bar at the top.
 * About: @http://trackandfield.about.com/**

//wikiHow // is a very large, high quality how to manual. They have free step-by-step instructions on many different topics.
 * wikiHow: @http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Track-and-Field**

Google is a world wide search engine. You can type in anything you like and Google will return with websites that match your search criteria.
 * Google search: [|www.google.com]**

Shelfari is a website created by [|Amazon]. It is full of virtual books, which you can search for and get information on some of your favorite books. There are plenty of books on how to better your track and field skills. You need an account to access most of this website, you can easily create one on the home page.
 * Shelfari: [|http://www.shelfari.com]**

YouTube is an online video sharing website. There are many different 'how to' videos on how to hurdle, long jump, high jump and throw a discus (see example below).
 * Youtube (some suggested video's below):[| www.youtube.com]**

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 * How to throw a discus:**

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 * How to long jump:**

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 * How to high jump:**

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 * How to hurdle (and high jump):**


 * References**

kcards28. (20/04/09). //Track & field how to// [video]. retrieved 12/05/12 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25qxIJFRIro&feature=player_embedded Griff15garfield. (28/05/08). //Basics - High jump// [video]. retrieved 12/05/12 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk1YeIw2MeA&feature=player_embedded Griff15garfield. (28705/08). //Basics - Discus// [video]. retrieved 12/05/12 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e5e16U5hnzY deciver1. (22/03/10). //How to long jump// [video]. retrieved 12/05/12 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r0RRadW8AOM