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2016 Olympic Mascot
Chicken Olympics
Comparing Mascots
NZ Olympic Mascot
How have bikes changed?
Bikes
Good Spotting!
Getting sponsorship
Walt: Use clues in the text to help us answer questions accurately.
Walt: Understand why companies sponsor athletes
Key Concepts:
- Sponsorship is needed for athletes to live, race and win.
- Sponsors only want to sponsor the best athletes.
Instructions:
This is the second lesson of our focus into athletes and sponsorship. This week we are going to explore why companies like Adidas sponsor athletes.
1. Read Text 1: The Green Dragons
2. Make a copy and use Text 1 to complete the Presentation: The Green Dragons
Text 1: The Green Dragons
Sponsorship
Walt: Use clues in the text to help us answer questions accurately.
Walt: Understand how athletes need sponsorship
Key Concepts:
- Sponsorship is needed for athletes to live, race and win.
- Sponsors only want to sponsor the best athletes.
Instructions:
This is the first lesson of our mini inquiry into athletes and sponsorship. This week we are going to explore what sponsorship is and why athletes need it.
1. Read Text 1: The Elves and the Shoemaker
2. Make a copy and use Text 1 to complete the Presentation: The Elves and the Shoemaker
Text 1: The Elves and the Shoemaker
Chicken Olympics
Walt: use clues in the text to help us answer questions accurately.
Walt: Explore what are some ways athletes cheat in the Olympics
Key Concepts:
- Technology is helping athletes go faster and able to break world records.
- Some technology advances in sport are actually cheating.
Instructions:
This is the third lesson of a mini inquiry into how technology has changed sporting by enabling athletes to improve their speeds, heights and distances. Yet also discovering what and why some technology advances are actually consider cheating in Olympic Sports. This week we are going to think about some other types of cheating.
1. Read Text 1: Chicken Olympics
2. Make a copy and use Text 1 to complete the Presentation: Chicken Olympics
Text 1: Chicken Olympics
Bikes!
Walt: Find information in a text
Walt: Explore how has bikes have changed and improved.
Key Concepts:
- Technology is helping athletes go faster and able to break world records.
- Some technology advances in sport are actually cheating.
Instructions:
This is the first lesson of our next mini inquiry into how technology has changed sporting by helping athletes to improve their speeds, heights and distances. This week we are going to think about how bikes work and how they have changed.
1. Read Text 1: Riding to Craggy Rock
2. Make a copy and use Text 1: Bikes to complete the Presentation: Riding to Craggy Rock
Text 1: Riding to Craggy Rock
Evolution of the Bicycle from Visual Artwork on Vimeo.
Links
Presentation: Riding to Craggy Rock
Extras
How have bikes changed?
Walt: Find information in a text
Walt: Explore how has bikes have changed and improved.
Key Concepts:
- Technology is helping athletes go faster and able to break world records.
- Some technology advances in sport are actually cheating.
Instructions:
This is the first lesson of our next mini inquiry into how technology has changed sporting by helping athletes to improve their speeds, heights and distances. This week we are going to think about how bikes work and how they have changed.
1. Read Text 1: Bikes, with your teacher.
2. Make a copy and use Text 1: Bikes to complete the Presentation: Bikes
3. Read Text 2: Bike History and think about how bikes have changed
Text 1: Bikes
Text 2: Bike History
NZ Olympic Mascot
Walt: Find information in a text
Walt: Explore what makes New Zealand unique and special.
Key Concept: Countries have different things that make them special.
Instructions:
This is the last lesson of our mini inquiry all about Olympic Mascots and how mascots show what makes a country unique/special. The focus of this last lesson is to explore what makes NZ special and in doing so design our own NZ Olympic mascot. To do this we will read lots about different NZ icons and discuss what and why we think they represent NZ.
1. Read Text 1: Farmer Chas and His Dogs, with your teacher.
2. Read Text 2: Kiwiana #2 and think why each icon is special to NZ.
3. Make a copy of the Drawing: My NZ Olympic Mascot.
Post to your blog and blog log.
Text 1: Text 1: Farmer Chas and His Dogs
Text 2: Kiwiana #2
Comparing Mascots
Walt: Find information in a text
Walt: Understand that mascots tell us things.
Key Concept: Countries have different things that make them special.
Instructions:
In this lesson we will look at some past olympic game mascots and how they tell us about their country. We will also be thinking about how different things in our daily lives tell/represent ideas.
1. Read Text 1: Grandad's Mask. Think about what the mask tells us?
2. Read Text 2: Wenlock - London 2012 This will give you some information on the mascot for the London 2012 Olympics.
3. Make a copy and complete the Presentation: Grandad's Mask
Text 1: Grandad's Mask
Text 2: Wenlock - London 2012
Links
Presentation: Grandad's Mask
Extras
Text 3: The history of Olympic mascots
Video - Video: Out of a rainbow
2016 Olympic Mascot
WALT: Understand how and why characters have different viewpoints.
Apply Understanding / Key Concept: Countries have different things that make them special.
Instructions:
Our topic this term is Olympics Exposed. So to begin this exciting topic we are going to learn all about what are the Olympics and then begin exploring everything about the mascot of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Vinicius. Our key question is: What does this mascot teach us about Brazil?
1. To start watch this video, Ancient and Modern Olympics, to learn some facts about the Olympics. Listen carefully because we will discuss what you have learned.
2.Read Text 2: Vinicius - Who am I?. This will give you some more information about Vinicius. There is also audio and a video to listen to. Then in your group you will discuss what is the Rio 2016 mascot is.
3. Make a copy of the drawing: 2016 Rio Olympic Mascot. Follow the instructions to make a poster all about the 2016 Rio Olympic Mascot.
Post to your blog and blog log.
4. Watch and read the other texts to learn some more about
Video 1: Ancient and Modern Olympics
Text 2: Vinicius - Who am I?
Image Attribution: Panorama.com.ve
Links
Drawing: 2016 Rio Olympic Mascot
Extras
Video - Rio Olympic Mascot
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