How to make the Winter Olympics 2010 a teachable moment

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education

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Elana Leoni

Social Media Marketing Coordinator @Edutopia, Active Mentor

Posted on 1/25/2010 2:21pm

Videos help educators include Olympics in science lessons

A new free video series from NBC and the National Science Foundation uses the Winter Olympics and athletes to explain scientific principles and could be used as resource for teachers interested in incorporating the games in Vancouver, Canada -- broadcast from Feb. 12 to 28 -- into their lessons.

The videos include a look at how angular momentum allows figure skaters to perform, the role of Newton's Three Laws of Motion in speedskating and other principles. Read more (via @eSchool News).

Anyone else out there using the upcoming Winter Olympics in their lesson plans?

Jason Flom

5th grade teacher in Tallahassee, FL

Posted on 1/25/2010 3:20pm

Sweet

I always love excuses to use the olympics in my curriculum. Thanks for the handy-dandy videos.

Elana Leoni

Social Media Marketing Coordinator @Edutopia, Active Mentor

Posted on 1/29/2010 12:27pm

More resources to use the Winter Olympics in your lesson plans

I just came across a site, which aggregated all of the Olympic lesson plans on the web. Over 30 resources!

Elana Leoni

Social Media Marketing Coordinator @Edutopia, Active Mentor

Posted on 2/03/2010 10:11am

Free videos explore the science behind the Olympics

Here's a direct link to the free videos you can use: http://www.nbclearn.com/olympics

Craig Kneeland

SMT, Robotics: after school program

Posted on 2/05/2010 1:30pm

A great example of rotational momentum in sports:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/sports/olympics/olympics-interactives...

Vickie Weiss

Multiage teacher (4th-5th) from Grand Blanc, Michigan

Posted on 2/06/2010 3:49am

Thank you for the great tips on using available resources for the Winter Olympics.

Lora Ma-Fukuda

mom, web addict, exec producer @edutopia.org

Posted on 2/10/2010 7:10pm

Winter Olympic teaching resources

Hey there,

Have you guys seen this page on the official Winter Olympics website:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/education-programs/us...

Just lots of good links to dig deeper into the history of the Olympics.

This link:
http://www.olympicschool.ca/default.aspx?PageID=1001&LangID=en
goes to a great video on fairness and the meaning of good sportsmanship.

Amy

Librarian / Technology/ Media Specialist

Posted on 2/11/2010 11:56am

Winter Olympics Lesson Plans

Lessonopoly has free lesson plans to go with NBC Learn's Science of the Winter Olympics videos. Each video has 2-3 lesson plans or activities with worksheets and quizzes.

www.lessonopoly.org