Hello colleagues, The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in PyeongChang, South Korea, beginning February 9 through February 25.
Here is a link to a great many lesson ideas on the Education Word website. Many of these lesson ideas look super interesting and include printables. The site includes lessons on:
- using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast modern Olympic games with those of ancient Greece
- creating biographies of famous Olympians
- charting Olympic data
- tracking the weather during the Games
- mapping the location of previous Olympic games
- calculating medal counts (and other "medal math" problems)
- assigning students --or letting them choose-- an Olympic event to track and creating a poster to present to the class
- and more
This is a timely topic that many learners would be interested in -- and the possibilities for focusing on geography, history, science and math are endless! Are you considering focusing a lesson on the Olympics? Let us know, and if you have found other excellent resources, please share them here.
Cheers, Susan Finn Miller
Moderator, Teaching & Learning CoP