| THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM AND THE OLYMPIC SPORTS | |
This lesson is designed for students to use the Internet to research the athletes of the Canadian Olympic team and the Olympic sports events.
IRPs
COVERED:
GRADE 4:
SOCIAL STUDIES:
-locate and record information from a variety of sources
LANGUAGE ARTS:
-read, listen, and view for specific purposes
-describe and recount key ideas or information from various media
-organize information or ideas they have read, heard, or viewed in the form
of simple charts, webs, or illustrations
-locate specific details in stories, poems, mass media, and audio-visual media
-write legibly, using personal styles of cursive script that are consistent
in alignment, shape, slant, and spacing
-share what they know about chosen topics
-gather information for specific purposes and identify sources, including people,
print, audio-visual media, and electronic media
-create and present a variety of personal and informational communications,
including written and oral poems, stories, explanations, informal oral reports
and dramas, personal letters, and illustrated charts or posters
GRADE
6:
SOCIAL STUDIES:
-research information using print, non-print, and electronic sources
LANGUAGE ARTS:
-use questioning, predicting, summarizing, inferring, skimming or scanning,
and graphic organizers to accomplish specific purposes for reading, viewing,
and listening
-use text and electronic media features, including indices, tables of contents,
and keyword searches, to locate specific information or material
-organize details and information they have read, heard, or viewed using a variety
of written and graphic forms, including charts, webs, and maps
-locate and interpret details to answer specific questions or complete tasks
-use a broad range of challenging materials for recreational purposes and to
obtain information
-describe what is known about topics or issues and check for gaps in the information
available
-locate, gather, select, and record information for specific purposes from various
human, print, and electronic sources
-acknowledge, honour, and affirm their accomplishments and life events and those
of others
GRADE
7:
SOCIAL STUDIES:
-gather and record a body of information from primary archaeological and historical
evidence and secondary print, non-print, and electronic sources
-locate and describe current and historical events
LANGUAGE ARTS:
-use text and electronic media features, including indices, tables of contents,
and keyword searches, to locate specific information or material
-use information they have read, heard, or viewed in a variety of written or
graphic forms, including written notes and charts
-locate and interpret details in print and non-print media to gather information
and build understanding
-summarize what they know about specific topics or issues and identify and address
gaps in the information available
-locate, gather, and select information for specific purposes from a variety
of human, print, and electronic sources
-use appropriate language to celebrate special events and accomplishments
COMPUTER SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OBJECTIVES COVERED:
LESSON 1-THE CANADIAN ATHLETES:
1. In class you will be studying the Olympic Games. You may choose to make a list of different Olympic sports events and brainstorm the names of any athletes that the students know who are competing.
2. Students can make a list of the questions that they would like to research or you can click here to download a worksheet with questions. (Click here to view it in Adobe Acrobat.)
3. In the computer lab students
can type in the following address:
cbc.ca/olympics/
and can click on Athletes to read the information about the Canadian Olympic
team. Students can also use nbcolympics.com.
Check at the Sd71 site under Teachers' Resources\Olympics to find more links
for this.
4. When you return to class students can create posters about their chosen athletes and share their information with the class.
EXTENSIONS:
-Have students create
a person profile about themselves.
-Later intermediate classes may
choose to further their
research and learn more about the athletes. For this students can search newspaper
articles in class or in the library or by going to Canada.com.
Students should then type the name of the athlete in the Search box and
then use the down arrow in the box below to choose News Stories. Students
can also check under Canadian Sites but teachers should monitor this really
carefully as this will bring up any Canadian sites on the subject and the search
is not very specific.
-Have students create a slideshow about the athletes in Kid Pix.
-Students can place a tack with the athlete's name on their home town in Canada on a large map.
-Have students create a database with information about the Canadian athletes.
1. In class you may have been studying the Olympic Athletes. Now have students make a list of the Olympic sports events that they know of and discuss what they know about each sport already.
2. The class can decide on questions that they would like to research about the sports or you can click here to download a worksheet with questions.
3. In the computer lab students can go to http://www.sportsline.com/u/kids/olympics/2000/index.html and click on Sports. They can use the information here and from clicking on schedules to answer the questions.
If you have decided on more in-depth questions about the sports here are two other options for sites to use:
Go to the official site http://www.olympics.com/eng/ and click on KIDS at the top. Then go to the Sportzone and click on Kids' Guide to Sports. Students can click on the sports for basic information and then click on topics under "Find Out More" on the right.
Go to http://cbc4kids.ca/general/whats-new/olympics/index.html and click on Sports. The reading level is quite difficult but there is information about the history of the sports, best picks for the Olympics and the rules of the sport.
4. In class you could have students create posters to advertise what they learned about the sports.
EXTENSIONS:
-Have the class create a class slideshow about the sports in Kid Pix (each child does one sport). Show the slide show to other classes.
-Have students join the two lessons here and study one specific athlete and his/her sports.