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How to make the Winter Olympics 2010 a teachable moment
Elana Leoni
Director of Social Media Strategy and Marketing @Edutopia, edcamp organizer
Posted on 1/25/2010
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?
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Sweet
I always love excuses to use the olympics in my curriculum. Thanks for the handy-dandy videos.
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!
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
A great example of rotational
A great example of rotational momentum in sports:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/sports/olympics/olympics-interactives...
Thank you for the great tips on using available resources for the Winter Olympics.
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.
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
Another great resource for all things Olympic
@cybraryman1 on Twitter has aggregated a whole variety of activities and info about Olympics here:
http://cybraryman.com/olympics.html
Plus a page on Canada:
http://cybraryman.com/canada.html
The Pulse of the Olympics
NBC put together a useful list to follow the Olympic athletes through Twitter. Check it out!
Great way to get a real-time feeling of the Olympics.
More Winter Olympic Resources
Just found a great blog series on Education Resources to help teach the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Here's a few of the posts:
"Education Resources to help teach the 2010 Winter Olympics (11 of 10!): Bing and Google Home Page Lesson Starter"
Education Resources to help teach the 2010 Winter Olympics (8 of 10): teaching science
Education Resources to help teach the 2010 Winter Olympics (9 of 10): Using images (flickr)