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Olympics 2008 Unit Study Ideas

Jodi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:11:57 +0000

Aldi’s special purchases from August 10 include many Asian dishes.
http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/offers_08_10_2008_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.z_src=main

Daily updates of Kodak Olympic Picture of the Day, blog posts and other Olympic action direct from Beijing.
http://www.kodak.com/go/olympics

Competition Schedules
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml
How many different sports are in the Summer Olympics? How long has each sport been in the Olympics? Research sports that are no longer part of the Olympics. What are demonstration sports? How many different sports have you tried that are in the Olympics?

Note: This is a sister post to Olympics 2008 where I will add new things to.

Olympics 2008

Jodi — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:55:26 +0000

Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing starts on August 8, 2008
These links will help you as you learn about the Olympics.

XXIX Olympiad opening date is August 8, 2008
International Olympic Committee
Official Site of the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Wikipedia: 2008 Summer Olympics
Walter McKenzie’s One and Only Suftaquarium lists lots of great links to learn about the Olympics and China.
Cross-curricular Olympic-themed lesson plans
The United States Olympic Committee has lesson plans and downloads for Olympians in Life, an ongoing education program for grades K-12. You must register (free) to use the education site. The USOC‘s website needs a bit of updating for Beijing 2008, but there’s some good info here.
Summer Olympics 2008 Unit Study at Homeschool Share
Swimming Mini Unit from Homeschool Helper
Great Wall of China writing paper
Beijing 2008 Olympics Learning Resources link list at Teacher Planet
Explore the political and cultural aspects of the ancient Greek games
Olympic Activities at Enchanted Learning
All About China
Olympic Lesson Plans
Learn Mandarin Chinese with Zon an interactive online role playing game

Parenting Games Sure, the Olympics are fun, but how often do you get to throw a javelin or dance on a balance beam in your day-to-day life? Here you can compete against others online in infant years parenting skill tests … diapering, feeding, toy clean-up, bathing and more!
The New York Times 2008 Olympics Blog

The Olympic Flame, or Olympic Fire, is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the Olympics in 1928, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. The Olympic Games endured at Olympia for over 1,000 years before the rise of Christianity consigned them to history until the first modern games were held in Athens in 1896.

Check out some of these books, dvds or software from your library to get you started before the opening ceremonies

China Lapbook

Jodi — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:10:15 +0000

China Lapbook – I really like that their lapbook has laminated cards of Traditional Costumes which are separated showing layers such as hair (use as discussions for hair styles or why hair was worn a certain way), clothing (use as discussions of ceremonial dress or traditional dress – make more and use for play!), etc. The panda bamboo book is a creative idea for recycling some of those popsicle sticks we have stuffed in a kitchen drawer.

For more information on lapbooks, visit the website at Lapbooking on a Shoestring.

Email me through the page if you have lapbook pictures or info to share.