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Reading Olympics

For Teachers K - 8th
Celebrate the joy of reading with activities that center on having fun with books. The teacher creates a variety of "Reading Olympics" categories for the class to compete in, including who can find the longest word, or create the longest...
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Decimals Decide Olympic Champions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The class discovers how a decimal can make all the difference in the Olympics. As they learn about decimal place values, they compare and contrast data and demonstrate decimal values using manipulatives.
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Olympic Cycling

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Teach teenagers to think critically about data. Young data analysts must create two questions that can be answered using a provided data set on Olympic cycling times. Of course, they then have to answer their questions using mathematics.
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Winter Wonderland - Winter Olympics and the Water Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 7th
After a concise introduction to the water cycle, junior meteorologists access NOAA's average snowfall data. They choose a city to examine in terms of precipitation. Then they look at historical snowfall data and use it to predict snow...
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Go For the Gold!: Ancient Olympics For Grades 4-8

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners create an ancient Greek newspaper with articles about the Olympics. They perform online research on the pentathalon. Students discuss present-day atheletes. They create a map of cities where the olympics were held.
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The Olympic Games: Verb Form Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verb forms worksheet, students complete an eleven question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz. From three choices, students complete each sentence. All questions pertain to the history of the Olympic games.
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The Geography of the Olympics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students plot the location of the Winter and Summer Olympics since 1896. Using the maps, they analyze data on where the Olympics have been held and discuss why that location was chosen. They discuss the possiblity of Indianapolis...
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Olympics

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars participate in Olympic events. In this Olympic Games lesson, students research information about countries involved in the Olympic Games and prepare to participate in a closing ceremony for their school Olympics.
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Olympics

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create an Olympic torch our of construction paper and a paper towel roll. In this Olympics lesson plan, students also paint the interlocking Olympic circles.
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Olympics (World Celebrations)

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils recognize the meanings and symbolism of the Olympic Flag and Torch and apply this to their own feelings of the classroom by creating their own symbol/flag to represent these feelings.
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Olympic Dot-to-Dot Puzzle: Olympic Rings

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Winter Olympic themed worksheet, students start at the number 1 and count to 87 while connecting the dots to reveal a picture of the Olympic Rings.
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Multi-Digit Subtraction for the Winter Olympics

For Students 3rd
In this multi-digit subtraction for the Winter Olympics worksheet, 3rd graders solve 10 horizontal subtraction problems with an Olympic theme.
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Keith Haring Olympics

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a mural in the Keith Haring style of olympic sports. In this olympic mural lesson plan, students complete this mural on school grounds.
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A Day at the Ancient Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine how athletes from various ancient Greek city-states behaved at the Olympic Games. They conduct Internet research, take notes on a worksheet, and write a screenplay for a television drama about the Olympic Games...
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Olympics Sheet

For Students 6th - 10th
In this ancient history worksheet, students identify and describe the Olympics. They describe the competitions that were held and who discovered the actual ancient Olympics.
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Winter Olympics Scrambled Sentences

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Winter Olympics scrambled sentences worksheet, students unscramble 2 sets of 8 words each, not interactively,  to make two sentences about Winter Olympics competition, with answers available.
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Olympics

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL activity, students focus on vocabulary associated with the Olympics.  Students complete 9 fill in the blank sentences using the drop down menu to self check each question.  
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The Olympics Word Search Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Olympic word search puzzle worksheet, students look for words from an Olympic themed word list. Students are given 20 words to find in the puzzle.
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Cities: Olympic games

For Students 4th - 7th
In this research cities worksheet, students research cities that have hosted the Olympic games and provide the countries they are in. Students list 24 countries.
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Cities: Olympic Games

For Students 4th - 7th
In this cities worksheet, students match the year with the city of The Olympic Games and then write out the list in chronological order. Students match and write out 24 cities and years.
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Olympic Emblems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the history of Olympic emblems. In this Olympics lesson, students examine the Olympic designs and symbols used to represent different Olympic game years. Students then collaborate to create Olympic emblems for a particular...
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Breaking News English: Beijing Olympics

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Beijing Olympics worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Winter Olympics Stations

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars experience various Winter Olympic sports in Physical Education class. In this Winter Olympics activity, students participate in stations which represent the Olympic games. These representative stations include a biathlon,...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: China, Tibet and the Olympics

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the Olympics in China and respond to 3 talking point questions.