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Olympic Maths

 

Introduction 
 

In this unit of work, you will learn about the Summer Olympics. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, China. 

1.You will design a chart to track the progress of the Australia team in each of the summer games. Your chart will include a photo of the sport, a place to put the top three (3) finishers in each category, as well as a spot to put the finish of Australia. You need to include on the chart a brief explanation for each event. 

When designing your chart make your presentation easy to understand, creative, and user-friendly. 

2.You must also choose one event and design a project  that provides in-depth information about the sport and the athletes that are competing.  

The following headings must be included in your project.

• Discipline's Origin

• Olympic History

• Equipment

• List of Events

• Time and Venue

• Competition Rules

• Competition Format

 

3.You will also have to choose an Australian athlete participating in the 2008 Beijing games and write an in-depth project about this athlete. If you have a favourite overseas athlete that you wish to research please see me!

Here are the Olympic Sports you are to research: 
 

Archery  Kayak     Weightlifting

Badminton   Modern Pentathlon   Wrestling

Baseball   Rowing    Volleyball

Basketball   Sailing     Shooting

Boxing   Soccer

Canoeing   Softball

Cycling   Swimming

Diving   Synchronized Swimming

Equestrian   Table Tennis

Fencing   Taekwondo

Gymnastics   Tennis

Handball   Triathlon

Hockey   Track and Field

Judo   Water Polo 
 

Summer Olympics Rubric
  Your Score
Creativity Exceptional originality of presented material   Some apparent originality displayed through creative use of materials  Material presented with little originality or creative thought  Project includes little variety in presentation techniques 
 
 
Content Project is well-organized and meets all requirements  Project is well- organized and meets most requirements  Project meets half of the requirements; well-organized  Unorganized and meets less than half the requirements 
 
 
Grammar Nearly error-free which reflects clear understanding and thorough proofreading  Few grammatical and/or stylistic errors   Some errors in grammar and/or format that does not interfere with clarity  Multiple grammatical and stylistic errors 
 
 
Presentation Evidence that pride and care was taken and the message of the product is clearly defined  Clear, uncluttered, and attractive  Project appears rushed or somewhat careless, but the content is legible  Careless, hurried, and illegible presentation  
 
 

Links

Official site of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team

http://olympics.com.au/

Good site to find information on different Olympic sports

http://olympic.org/uk/sports/index_uk.asp

Beijing One World One Dream

Official site of the Beijing Games

http://en.beijing2008.cn/

http://en.beijing2008.com/71/67/column211716771.shtml 

Archery http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/archery/index.shtml

Athletics http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/athletics/index.shtml

Cycling http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/cycling/index.shtml

Equestrian (horse riding)  http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/equestrian/index.shtml

Artistic Gymnastics   http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/artisticgymnastics/index.shtml

Rowing http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/rowing/index.shtml

Taekwondo  http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/taekwondo/index.shtml

Triathlon http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/triathlon/index.shtml

Wrestling  http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/sports/weightlifting/index.shtml


 

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