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Olympic Field Day
Students participate in a "mock" Olympics. They participate in field day type events, and have ceremonies/traditions as if they were in the Olympic games. Such traditions are: torch lighting, flags, songs, the Olympic Oath, and the...
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The Olympic Games
In this partner worksheet, students complete 3 activities about the Olympics.
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Olympic Biographies
Students create a book of biographies in order to profile famous Olympic athletes through history. In this biography writing lesson, students research information about historic Olympians, first by listening to a short biography on Jesse...
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Reading: The Ancient Olympic Games
In this reading for information activity, students read a one page text about the ancient Olympic games. Students answer 9 true and false questions.
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Olympics in Ancient Greece
Learners listen to background information about the origin of the Olympics and then discuss how they think the Olympic Games got its name. They then complete the activity sheets using drawing materials.
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Winter Olympics Crossword Puzzle
In this Winter Olympics crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 18 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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The Ancient Olympics
In this Olympics instructional activity, 6th graders study about ancient Olympic competitions. Students respond to five multiple choice questions.
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Living in an "Olympic" Country
Learners research countries participating in the Olympic Games. They create a database which includes graphs for comparing population density, the number of athletes, per capita income, etc. for each country. This project is completed...
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Gold Medal Attitudes Running Club
The Gold Medal Attitudes Running Club was created to promote healthy living for your elementary school pupils. Use a pedometer and a computer program to keep track of progress. A few other suggestions are available, but it's really up to...
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Who Wants to Be a Champion
Challenge your learners with this game focusing on problems involving ratios and calculating percentages. In this game, learners have to identify a ratio, convert ratios to a fraction, convert a percent to a fraction, and answer word...
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Go for the Gold!
Young athletes practice various locomotor movements. They use locomotor skills as directed by the teacher to move between "Olympic rings" (hula hoops). Students participate in a discussion about Olympic events prior to playing the game.
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Medal Math
For this problem solving worksheet, learners solve three story problems. Students are given three story problems with multiple questions within each problem. This worksheet has an Olympic theme.
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Olympic Bar Graphs
In this Olympic bar graph worksheet, students pick a sport from the 2004 Olympic games and find data from the Olympic web page. They graph the scores (times, distance, or speed) and the medals. They answer questions about the variables...
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Olympic Awareness
Young scholars, using the Internet, research the Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. They keep a journal of highlights and think about what they have learned about the sport of their choice.
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The Winter Olympics
In this Olympics word search worksheet, students read 24 words that pertain to the sports in the winter Olympic games. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.
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OLYMPIC SHADOW BOXES
Students acquaint themselves with little-used library resources/reference materials and create shadow boxes to be displayed in the Media Center based on the research they've done regarding the Winter Olympics.
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OLYMPIC SHADOW BOXES
Learners, in groups, use library reference materials to research an Olympic sport and create a visual display/shadow box to represent it.
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Specialization and the Decathlon
Michael Phelps, the economist? Scholars research the economic advantages of specializing in one kind of service, and how it relates to athletes doing the same in their respective sports. They evaluate absolute advantage, production, and...
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Who Wants to be a Champion?
Some terrific practice in math awaits your pupils in this engaging Jeopardy-style game. They can earn bronze, silver, and gold medals by answering questions correctly. The categories include: Place Values in Expanded Form, Names of...
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Reading: Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 2
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a one page text about the Olympic Jamaican bobsledding team. Students answer 6 multiple choice questions.
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Olympic records through time
Students compare the records of gold medal Olympic winners for the last 100 years and decide if we are faster, stronger than in the past.
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Computer Olympics
Students compete to achieve excellence in math facts, writing terms, problem solving, and writing skills on the computer. In this Computer Olympics lesson plan, students practice the skill of drill and practice in order to succeed and...
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Tracking Olympic Gold!
Students use print or online resources to track the results of the Olympic Games, record daily results on graphs, use graphs to collect information.
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Who Wants to be a Champion?
Some high-level addition and subtraction awaits your pupils in this engaging Jeopardy-style game. They can earn bronze, silver, and gold medals by answering questions correctly. The categories also include completing equations and...