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Origin of the Modern Summer Games

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars research the ancient Olympic Games. In this Olympic Games lesson plan, students discuss Pierre de Coubertin, Greek culture, and ancient Olympia. Young scholars complete two readings. Students write an essay about the...
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Turin, Geography, Culture And Sports

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study why certain locations are suitable to host the Winter Olympics. They research the characteristics of Turin, Italy, plan a trip and create a multimedia scrapbook of the trip.
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Reading: Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 2

For Students 3rd - 4th
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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Let the Games Begin

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils analyze how the New York Times uses small feature stories to cover aspects of a major international event, such as the Olympics, before it actually occurs. They brainstorm their own ideas for short feature stories on the Olympics
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Building Budgets

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore New York City's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. They estimate budget allocations for such a proposal while practicing the calculation of percentages.
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Newton's Laws and Winter Sports

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students 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.
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Countries Comparison

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Venn Diagram worksheet, students compare and contrast two countries that participate in the Olympics.
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Olympics Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Olympics reading comprehension activity, students read a short passage about the Olympics, then answer a set of 4 related questions. Page has links to answers and additional activities.
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Special Olympics

SO…What’s the Challenge?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Whose responsibility is it to protect equal rights? Class members engage in a series of activities that create awareness of the prejudice and intolerance persons with disabilities face. They then create a message addressed to their...
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And the Winner Is...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read the sports section of the daily newspaper to find daily totals of what countries have won medals and find articles to keep in their journal (notebook) on the different events and athletes. They then create a spreadsheet to...
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Adapted Physical Education: Track and Field

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Here you'll find a list of ideas and activity descriptions for hosting an adaptive physical education or special olympics event. It includes the setting, rules, and pointers for over 10 different track and field activities.
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Olympic Line Graphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine how to make line graphs.  In this Olympic line graph lesson students make line graphs and search the given Internet sites to find data on their summer Olympic Game. 
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Computer Olympics

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars 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...
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Figure Skating Jumps Word Search Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Winter Olympics worksheet, learners complete a word search puzzle with a figure skating theme, where they find 20 figure skating words.
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Skiing Dot-to-Dot

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Winter Olympics worksheet, students solve a dot-to-dot puzzle, which is a picture of a skier, where they connect the numbers 1-50.
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Algebra: Olympic Races

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use Olympic athlete statistics to make algebraic calculations. In this algebraic equation lesson, students use algebra to calculate athlete speed and calories burned.
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Mini-Metric Olympics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in the mini-metric Olympics. In this measurement lesson plan, 8th graders solve real-world problems that require them to calculate length, area, and volume in metric units.
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Math Club #2b: Training for the Math Olympics

For Students 7th
In this Math Olympics worksheet, 7th graders work in groups to solve 2 math puzzles requiring logic and problem solving skills.
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Athletics Datafile

For Students 6th - 9th
In this computer activity, students load and open a copy of ViewPoint and Olympics. They explore the data by identifying how many men and women are contained in the file and which country has the most files. Then they plot a bar graph...
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Olympic Luge Word Search Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this Olympic luge word search puzzle worksheet, learners use problem solving strategies to find the 20 luge terms in the word puzzle.
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Lifestyles of an Olympic Hopeful

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast their lives with one other teenager in the United States (or another country!) who has aspirations of becoming an Olympic athlete. They address quality of life issues.
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The Olympic Rings

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Olympic rings activity, students read information about the Olympic rings. Students then answer 8 questions about the text.
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Vancouver Olympics

For Students 1st
For this Vancouver Olympic worksheet, 1st graders color the Olympic rings and the words Vancouver 2010 to help them learn about the Winter Olympics.
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Summer Olympic Event Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the Summer Olympic Games and the activities that the athletes compete in. They select a topic area to research and complete the assessment piece.

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