There are 3 different colors of medals:
-gold
-silver
-bronze
People take turns carrying the torch from the place the Olympics was last held to the place it's going to be. On the very first day of the Olympics they have a celebration called opening ceremonies. At the opening ceremonies the person with the torch runs into the stadium , they use the torch to light a bigger torch and that fire burns for all the days of the Olympics. The people competing in the events all wear numbers on their chest and back so the judges and audience know who they are. The people that participate represent their country they are from by either carrying a huge flag or having a smaller one on their clothes that they wear. They feel very proud to be there because they worked very hard to get there. At the end of the Olympics they have another celebration called the closing ceremonies. When the people win first second and third they get to stand on a podium. The person that won first place gets their national anthem played for everyone to hear. It is a very proud moment. Everything gets to be on tv so people from all around the world can see.
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This is an education-related blog written by Mrs. Leah Obach @LeahO77. Leah is currently working as the Literacy with ICT Teacher Leader for Park West School Division, working with K-12 students and teachers to help them use technology for teaching and learning. She has taught at the early years, middle years and high school levels. Student work, teacher reflection, resources and samples from classrooms around PWSD are included in this blog.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
Olympics Stuff
6000 athletes will compete
85 countries will be competing in 15 different sports for the Olympics
There are 89 different events.
Twin sister Tracy Barnes gave up her Olympics spot for her sister Laay because she was sick.
AJ
85 countries will be competing in 15 different sports for the Olympics
There are 89 different events.
Twin sister Tracy Barnes gave up her Olympics spot for her sister Laay because she was sick.
AJ
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Information about the Olympics
Russia is a big country.
Sochi is 10 hours ahead of us.
Plane tickets cost $5000 to $7000.
HJ
Sochi is 10 hours ahead of us.
Plane tickets cost $5000 to $7000.
HJ
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Olympics Project: Art
Right from the project launch, there has been great potential for our Olympics project to address a number of subject areas. One of the first things students suggested was Olympics-themed art, so I was pleased to provide some opportunities this week for students to create art projects that linked to their learning. After we learned about the Olympic rings and Olympic flag earlier in the week, students came up with the idea of creating art featuring the rings. Other students really wanted to focus on pictures that showed the different sports they have been learning about. I looked for a few different Olympic-themed art ideas as well and shared them with my class. On Friday, students selected an Olympics-themed art project that they wanted to complete. Some students made Olympic flags, others painted the Olympic rings and some colored pictures depicting the different events.
We photographed our art projects because of an idea the students had come up with on our second Skype call this week. After sharing our research findings with the Kindergartens and hearing about their research, we decided it would be nice to do something for our Olympic athletes. Students came up with the ideas of sending letters, pictures/art, small gifts or cards. We talked about the idea of postcards to combine their desire to send both pictures and messages. The Kindergartens had used Autocollage to make cards for the seniors in their community, so they suggested we use that tool to make an interesting collage for the front of our postcards. (Teachers can download AutoCollage for free at www.pil-network.com if you'd like to try out the tool.) Now we've got some great pictures to use and we are looking forward to the next step of making our first Autocollage with the Kindergartens!
To make painted Olympic rings: dip styrofoam cups in different colors of paint to make each ring
Coloring pages available at: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/olympic-colouring-pages
To make flags (totally student-designed - I gave them no instructions on this because they had their own plans!): draw the rings on white paper and attach to a straw
We photographed our art projects because of an idea the students had come up with on our second Skype call this week. After sharing our research findings with the Kindergartens and hearing about their research, we decided it would be nice to do something for our Olympic athletes. Students came up with the ideas of sending letters, pictures/art, small gifts or cards. We talked about the idea of postcards to combine their desire to send both pictures and messages. The Kindergartens had used Autocollage to make cards for the seniors in their community, so they suggested we use that tool to make an interesting collage for the front of our postcards. (Teachers can download AutoCollage for free at www.pil-network.com if you'd like to try out the tool.) Now we've got some great pictures to use and we are looking forward to the next step of making our first Autocollage with the Kindergartens!
To make painted Olympic rings: dip styrofoam cups in different colors of paint to make each ring
Coloring pages available at: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/olympic-colouring-pages
To make flags (totally student-designed - I gave them no instructions on this because they had their own plans!): draw the rings on white paper and attach to a straw
Friday, January 17, 2014
Olympics Project: The Momentum Continues!
As I explained in my most recent post, my students and their families have really taken ownership of our Olympics project and they have been working on research at home. More students came this morning with information to create their own blog posts! (You can view the latest student post here.) I am looking forward to helping students share their learning and their enthusiasm for this project is really motivating for me!
In addition to all the great homework going on this week, we have also been working on research at school. One of the students' inquiry questions was What sports are part of the Olympics?. Using Excel, I designed a simple template for students to record their findings. (You can get the Excel editable version here or PDF version here). Then, I added a link to the Olympics.org website to our Symbaloo home page. (Symbaloo is a bookmarking site which I've found to be very kid-friendly. I use it to organize links that I want students to be able to access quickly, easily and independently!)
Working in pairs or groups of 3, students have been constructing knowledge of the Olympic sports. By watching videos and viewing pictures on the Olympics.org sports pages, students are developing an understanding of each sport. They are working together to record their findings using pictures and words. They've been very engaged in their research so far, so my main roles have been: praising good work, giving research suggestions, providing "tech support", "listening in" to their conversations about each sport and asking questions to determine their understanding or to help them clarify their ideas. It's been really fun to learn along with my students! For example, we've talked about the difference between skeleton and luge (which I'd never really thought about before) and I learned what the biathlon event included while working with another group.
In addition to all the great homework going on this week, we have also been working on research at school. One of the students' inquiry questions was What sports are part of the Olympics?. Using Excel, I designed a simple template for students to record their findings. (You can get the Excel editable version here or PDF version here). Then, I added a link to the Olympics.org website to our Symbaloo home page. (Symbaloo is a bookmarking site which I've found to be very kid-friendly. I use it to organize links that I want students to be able to access quickly, easily and independently!)
Working in pairs or groups of 3, students have been constructing knowledge of the Olympic sports. By watching videos and viewing pictures on the Olympics.org sports pages, students are developing an understanding of each sport. They are working together to record their findings using pictures and words. They've been very engaged in their research so far, so my main roles have been: praising good work, giving research suggestions, providing "tech support", "listening in" to their conversations about each sport and asking questions to determine their understanding or to help them clarify their ideas. It's been really fun to learn along with my students! For example, we've talked about the difference between skeleton and luge (which I'd never really thought about before) and I learned what the biathlon event included while working with another group.
2014 Winter Olympics
- in Sochi, Russia
- February 7-23
- some events are hockey, figure skating, ski jumping, snowboarding
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