+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Canadian Winters

For Teachers 6th
A cross-curricular series of lessons on winter in Canada is here for you. The six lessons invite learners to explore the role of the winter season on the lives of Canadians. They explore winter sports, other winter activities, and create...
+
Unit Plan
American English

Create Your Own Sporting Event

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Combine vocabulary development and a study of verb tenses with a general introduction to sports. Class members get acquainted with the language associated with sports, and then complete a project to design and describe their own version...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The White Stuff, Winter in Canada

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students write sound poems inspired by works of art they have viewed, create paintings with snow as subject, create zines about their perceptions of winter, and update one of Robert Harris' winter sports illustrations. Four lessons on...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Winter Olympics' Tale

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students look back at the athletes, events and related news surrounding the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and present brief newscasts recapping the highlights of individual sports.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Newton's Laws and Winter Sports

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners investigate past winter Olympic games utilizing any skiing or snowboarding event to take Newton's Challenge. Helpful Web resources are provided and students enjoy learning science laws along with researching Olympic events.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Winter Expressions

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Young scholars write a winter "shape poem," draw the outline of an object that complements the poem and copy the poem inside the outline in a pattern.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in Skiing: Winter Sports, Gender Roles, Discrimination, Women's History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a newsletter about women in skiing, addressing issues of gender discrimination in sports and women's achievements.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hendrick Avercamp and the Winter Landscape

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the winter landscape art of Hendrick Avercamp. In this art history lesson, students read passages about the art and artist Hendrick Avercamp. Students learn about winter landscape art and write an acrostic poem about a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sports Shorts

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars put their writing on the World Wide Web. They write brief articles of 100 words or more on PE and sports related topics which are then put on the Internet on the Sports Shorts Webzine. They create sports related...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What in the World Is Snowboarding?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research the sport of snowboarding in-depth, and divide into small groups to create an entertaining, multimedia newsletter on the sport.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Olympic Games Snowboard Design: Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Arts, Global Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners gather information about a country and work as a team. They use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represents the country they pick. They explore locations, languages, flags, and emblems for various countries.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tessel Your Way to Nagano!: Olympics, Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Design, Geometry, Math, M.C. Escher, Tessellations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create Post-It note fundamental regions to tesselate. They make tesselations using computer software or websites. They create a jacket design with tesselation and determine the cost of production.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Winter Olympic Games Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the Winter Olympic Games by tracking a particular event.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Last Resort

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students rescue the Desert Mountain resort by designing a travel brochure that bring in the tourists.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Art: It Takes a Village

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the different areas found in a Winter Games Village and different sports played in the Winter Games. This will be done through whole group brainstorming.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All Aboard!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils research the history and background of snowboarding as well as the two main types of competition; the Giant Slalom and the Halfpipe. They find the schedule of past and future events and plot the locations of as many of these events.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

OLYMPIC SHADOW BOXES

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers 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.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

OLYMPIC SHADOW BOXES

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, use library reference materials to research an Olympic sport and create a visual display/shadow box to represent it.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pantomime Exercise

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners of any age can learn to communicate using gestures and their bodies. They create a pantomime of a specific activity without using any words. This resource includes a link to an Off-Broadway Workshop for kids.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Can I Do To Help?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read Frederick by Leo Lionni and complete class activities to examine how everyone has a responsibility to contribute and that each person's contribution is important.
+
Lesson Plan
National First Ladies' Library

Opening the Olympic Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the history of the Olympic Games, including the opening ceremonies. In small groups, they create Olympic flags using symbols that represent their country and communities. In phase two of the lesson, students work in...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Personal PowerPoint

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners develop a PowerPoint presentation all about themselves.  In this PowerPoint lesson, students make a slide show that gives specific information on each slide.  Slide requirements are included, as well as a grading rubric.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore Latin America by researching the favorite past time, baseball. In this Latin culture lesson, students identify the leaders in the Latin American baseball movement such as Felipe Alou, Jose Mendze, and the great Roberto...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tracking Olympic Gold!

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students use print or online resources to track the results of the Olympic Games, record daily results on graphs, use graphs to collect information.

Other popular searches