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Slopes, Hopes, & Speed

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners investigate the sport of skiing through Internet research in this multi-task lesson. They compare and generalize the results of five individuals by using mean, median, and mode.
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Math: Counting on Others

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use counting skills to decide who wins the Classroom Winter Games. They use numeral writing and tally marks to keep score. Students have an opportunity to pretend they are competing for medals in the Winter Games while using...
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SPORTS Lesson Plan: Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
After visiting websites about the Special Olympics, your class creates trading cards about people with disabilities and the adaptations that have been made for them in sports. 
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Northwest Connections

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students compare and contrast where they live in Hawaii to the Makah Indian Reservation in Neah Bay, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, then make a Venn Diagram after hearing two stories dealing with the Trickster type characters of...
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Olympic Snowboarding Village

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students adopt a country to research and tour the country online. They plan a trip from Nagano back home to their country.
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Downhill Skiing Flash News!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view the Olympic Games events in real-time via satellite feed, Olympic Games sites on the Internet, or CNN. They report results as soon as they happen and quickly edit their news flashes for correct spelling, grammar, and usage.
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Best Practices

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create displays throughout the year to generate interest in upcoming events. They develop a plan to increase awareness of a variety of physical fitness programs. Students create flyers about local activities and share the...
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Did You Know this about the Greeks?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
In this world history worksheet, students research and write what they know about the Greeks on the lines provided. There are two spaces for writing on the sheet.
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Sparta and Athens

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study Ancient Greece. In this Ancient Greece lesson plan, 6th graders complete 16 lessons to learn about Ancient Greece. Students complete a quiz for assessment.
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Profiles in Progress

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an online article about the role of women in sports, particularly the Olympic games. They choose a female Olympian to research and write about.
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Let the Games Begin!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use K-W-L charts to brainstorm a list of questions they would like to answer about sports. While visiting a Web site, 3rd graders research a chosen sport and complete their K-W-L chart.
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Write a Letter to Jesse Owens

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners examine the accomplishments of Jesse Owens and the views of the Nazi Party in 1936. They read and discuss two handouts, conduct research on the Nazi Party's views and the Civil Rights Movement in American in 1936, and write a...
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Olympic Volleyball Skills Station Practice

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students review the volleyball pass, set, serve, and volleyball footwork. They pass the ball from 8-10 feet away from the wall and aim for the rings. They pass 5 balls to the wall and no matter if they make it into the hoops or not,...
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Salt Lake City, Utah

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students research the history of the Salt Lake City. In this geography lesson, students select an activity in Salt Lake City to research, such as snow skiing. Students write a research report.
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Lesson 1

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students understand the meaning of natural resources. They distinguish between renewable and non-renewable natural resources. To help students identify natural resources as either non-renewable or renewable. To stimulate student thinking...
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That's Dope - Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate drugs in sports. In this performance enhancing drugs lesson, students discuss the uses for steroids in medicine and sports. High schoolers utilize the web to play a steroid related game, view media clips of...
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Enduring Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research the art, dance or a game from the Pacific Northwest Coast Aborigines.  In this Canadian Cultures lesson, students view a PowerPoint about the Inuits.  Students choose a game , type of artwork or dance to research....
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Chalkboard Challenge: Literary Terms

For Teachers 4th - 5th
This interactive PowerPoint simulates a "Jeopardy" game that addresses figurative language, cause and effect, and other literary terms. Players can chose which category and amount they would like to play on the Game Board. 
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Luxury Hotel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Give the most important people watching the Olympics a beautiful place to stay! Learners create a luxury hotel for the games using AppleWorks, fractions, and their knowledge of perimeter and area. The math lesson includes resource links...
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The Ultimate Choreography

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research the required elements of the short programs in men's and women's figure skating. They analyze the physical requirements of each move and relate the types of muscles, bones, and joints required to perform them.
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Penn Museum

Maya Ball

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Sure the ancient Mayan civilization had an advanced calendar and mathematical system, but did you know that they also played a great team sport like basketball? Invite your learners to discover the great ballcourt at Chichen Itza and...
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Egmont

H.O.R.S.E.

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Extend your lesson on Christopher Myers' H.O.R.S.E with a series of activities about basketball. After kids read the book, they match basketball terms with their definitions, find as many words as they can with the letters H, O, R, S,...
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McGraw Hill

Science and Society: Access for All

For Students 6th - 8th
Have your middle schoolers read through this outline about the Special Olympics program and then write a paragraph. This single-page assignment provides lines on which to write the expository paragraph. It makes good practice in writing...
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Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 2

For Students 5th
Here is a worksheet that tells the story of the Jamaican Bobsled time during the 1988 Winter Olympics. Students read the continuation of the story, "Jamaican Bobsledding Team," and answer 6 questions with multiple choice answers.

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