Olympic+Games+Activities

__**Olympic Games Activities **__  __We are learning to use higher order thinking skills.__

__The Picture __  What could this picture have to do with the Olympic Games?

This picture is a lightening bolt. I think that it represents the the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt. He is also known as Lightening Bolt that is why I think the picture represents him.

__The Question __

The answer is an Olympic Games medal. What are 5 possible questions?

What begins with G and ends with old? What colour medal did the Evers-Swindell twins win at the 2008 Olympic Games? What medal do you get if you get first place at the Olympic Games? What is the colour of a lightening bolt? What do people dig for in mines?

__The Prediction __  I predict that rugby sevens will be at the Olympic Games in 50 years. I think this because it is a very exciting sport, it doesn't take to long and a lot of countries in the olympics are good at it.

__ The Construction __ Name 10 things you would never see at the Olympic Games.

My Mum beating Usain Bolt in a 200m sprint Michael Phelps getting no medals at the Olympic Games Helen Clarke winning an event at the Olympics 80 year old man competing at the Olympics Rosie O'donnell winning a marathon My bedroom curtains My bed Someone eating KFC whilst competing in an event New Zealand winning every gold medal at the Olympic Games A puppy dog __ The Different Uses __

Find 10 different uses for a discarded hockey stick.

Weapon Cricket Bat Baseball Bat Golf Club Spade Hammer Washing Line Screwdriver Fence Post Wand

__The Alphabet __

List words associated with the Olympic Games-A-Z.

A-rchery B-eibei C-ycling D-iving E-questrian F-encing G-old H-uanhuan I-ndia J-ingjing K-ayaking L-ong jump M-ascots N-ini O-pening ceremony P-ole vault Q-uick R-owing S-ilver T-riathlon U-sain Bolt V-olleyball W-eightlifting X-enophobia Y-ingying Z-imbabwe