Olympic+Games


 * A suggestion for those of you including the 'Olympics' in next term's 'content'......worth thinking about**

Two new Ministry resources

Approaches to Social Inquiry
Both these resources will be available in your school. See this useful [|link] through TKI relating to Inquiry Learning and Asia

Let's remember that valuable and memorable teaching experiences are **RICH, REAL and RELEVANT.**

Inquiry Learning Olympic Links
[|Trevor Bond] has this.... [|LearnNC] - Data and Statistic Inquiry TKI - Own Well Being - Year 9/10 Unit but easily adapted, some excellent ideas. This is a GlobalNet Unit Plan relating to the Olympics. (Check out the ICT needs....1 computer per class...who said you couldn't do inquiry with only one computer?) [|Olympics2004.doc]

=Resources=For those of you not yet ready to take on the full inquiry path.... [|English Online Unit] - Quest For Gold [|Teacher Planet Lesson Plans] [|More Lesson Plans] [|The Official New Zealand Olympic Website] [|Facts relating to the Olympics] [|Googles Link to 'Kid Friendly' Olympic Sites] [|Olympic Online Links] - Junior (some good wet lunchtime activities!) [|Online Olympic Trivia Quiz] - Middle/Senior [|The Olympic Charter] [|Sports animations] - with detailed explanations of each event, equipment used and techniques required.

[|Olympic Clipart]

Useful Links
[|The Real Story of The Ancient Olympic Games] - excellent visuals [|Olympic Motto Chart] - How does each sport best fit? R[|ules and History of Olympic Sports] [|New Zealand Olympic committee] [|Famous Athletes] [|Flags of the World] [|Animated Flags] ThinkQuest explores [|Unusual Sports in the Olympics] [|Beijing Olympic News] [|Beijing 2008 Official Home Website] [|Olympics Cyberhunt] - Interesting twist on a webquest! Middle/Senior [|Olympic torch route] - Excellent Map [|The Olympic Experience] - Through athletes (American!) struggles, human values. PDF worth viewing

Student MUST SEES
[|Virtual Tour of the Olympic Museum]

Webquests
[|The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece] [|2008 Olympic Games Webquest] - Middle/Senior