Resources

This is where we keep a list of all the resources we used for this project. Websites, including lesson plan ideas. Any books, magazines, or other places where we found ideas or resources for the classroom


 * Websites for Olympics media/resources:**
 * The U.S. Olympic website (to go to a particular sport's website, click on "Olympic/Pan Am Sports," then use drop-down menu)
 * Website for the Olympic Movement: http://www.olympic.org
 * The NBC Olympic website
 * TIME Magazine's Olympics coverage: @http://www.time.com/olympics
 * USA Olympics STORE - purchase gear, etc.
 * Full Replays of Events: @http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/live-full-replays.html


 * Specific Lessons about Winter Olympics:**
 * 1) Science at the Winter Olympics
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 * 5) Read, Write, Think Language Arts lesson plan resource
 * 6) @http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/swish-whack-teaching-onomatopoeia-1131.html
 * 7) 2010 Winter Olympics Teaching and Learning Extravaganza
 * 8) [|http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/2010-winter-olympics-teaching-and-learning-extravaganz].
 * 9) NY Times, Snow Sweat and Tears: @http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/snow-sweat-and-tears/
 * 10) Olympic Torch Website
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 * 12) Social Studies Lesson Plans resources:
 * 13) The First Winter Olympics: @http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/sports/winter_olympics_first1.htm
 * 1) The First Winter Olympics: @http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/sports/winter_olympics_first1.htm


 * Other Websites that are part of the Unit:**
 * 1) Poetry Foundation: @http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177796
 * 2) Audio file of "The Sweetest Roll:" @http://www.charlesrsmithjr.com/activities-poems.htm


 * Websites for Differentiating Ideas/Strategies:**
 * 1) Differentiating Instruction with Technology


 * Other Websites used to prepare for lessons:**


 * 1) [|www.mapquest.com]
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 * 3) [|http://zunal.com]
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