Winter Olympics- Anyone doing a unit on it?

Brainpop Olympic video

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_repo...pics/index.jsp science of olympics

http://sites.google.com/site/edinate.../olympics-2010 nice list of teacher resources

http://www.educationworld.com/a_less...esson250.shtml education world's list of lesson plans

http://www.sharingthedream.gov.bc.ca/ BC government's education ministry resources

for older kids
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/intel...rticle1312702/
Intellectual Muscle: University Dialogues for the Vancouver 2010 Games is an eclectic and often provocative series of podcasts on topics related to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

http://www.olympicschool.ca/upload/d...ath_FINAL2.pdf own the podium math (highschool-ish level)

crafts
http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot/en/ccards.php mascot colouring pages and crafts

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/fla...int_wreath.htm hand print flag wreath

hth
Karen

Not so much a unit, but being in Vancouver, I thought DS and I would do a few things Olympic-related. Y'know, since we'll be paying for this party for the next 20-30 years.

We read a book about the ancient greek games. We watched some YouTube videos about luge, skeleton and bobsled. And then we did our own version of doubles luge, running down all the stairs in our house (we live in a 3 1/2 story townhouse)! He saw the torch relay with DH. And we will be going down to see losts of free stuff - like the "houses" from the various countries (since world travel is not in our budget), and many live performances. We'll also visit the Vancouver Art Gallery, since it's free from noon to 5 pm daily during the games. And there's a Leonardo DaVinci exhibit!

So far we've been to the "Power Smart" house (energy conservation), played on a virtual graffiti wall and watched a few first nations performances. He watched a bit of the Opening Ceremonies on TV.

We accidentally saw the luge accident (they put it on while we were watching the torch relay on TV), so we talked about safety, dangerous sports and death. Not a conversation I quite planned on...

Here's the site that lists all the free stuff:
City Caucus
The various links may lead you to some really cool material and activities.