Month: July 2012

ADOPT A COUNTRY LINKS

You will be working in a group of 3 children to Adopt a Country.  You will need to work closely together to find the information you need to complete your booklet.  Use the links below to find information to complete your Adopt a Country page with a flag and  to complete your ID Pass.  Draw a picture of yourself in the box on the ID page.  (As you finish, you can work on completing the map page, colouring in your country on the map and marking in your country’s capital city.  Then read all about the famous places in your adopted country in the Kidcyber link.  Have fun!  Mrs Veary 😆

FLAG, MAP AND POPULATION – In the CIA’s World Factbook you will find the flag and map and you can find the population under the heading People and Society

FAMOUS PLACES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES – At Kidcyber, click on your country to find out famous landmarks, monuments, buildings, places etc.

LIST OF OLYMPIC SPORTS – click here to see all the possible Olympic sports and their pictograms

GROUPS ARE: Tara, Hannah and Jack; Charlie, Jake and Anabelle; Archie, Jamie and Murray; Gus, Dane and Quinn; Sasha, Ramita and Riley; Luke, Kirsten, Ruby and Mina; Jasmine, Elleni and Lily.

LIGHTING THE CAULDRON

Watch this video of the 2012 lighting of the Olympic cauldron.  Then write a description of how the cauldron was lit.  You will be using your draft writing books.  I want you to capture the feelings, the excitement and the emotions of that dramatic moment.  Use lots of describing words in your piece of writing.   You should write at least 12 sentences and around 1 page.  You can use the words of a recount: First….then….after that….eventually…

Click on this link to watch this video only on YouTube.  (Due to copyright permissions, no-one is able to embed the video or share during the Olympics – but may watch on YouTube only.)  VIDEO – LIGHTING THE OLYMPIC CAULDRON

 

 

OFFICIAL OLYMPICS WEBSITES

OFFICIAL LONDON 2012 WEBSITE  – this is the official London website for information about the games, events, 2012 medal designs, mascots….

OFFICIAL AUSSIE 2012 OLYMPICS WEBSITE – this is where you can find out EVERYTHING about Australians in the 2012 Olympics

 “FUN STUFF” – Olympic mini-games you can play to get the feeling.  Play as the Boxing Kangaroo at the 2012 Olympics.

OLYMPIC VENUES  – Click here and scroll down to select OLYMPIC STADIUM and AQUATIC CENTRE to see where the games will be held

 

3D LONDON VENUE MAP

THE OLYMPIC TORCH

This video shows how the Olympic torch is lit at ancient Olympia in Greece to begin the torch relay around the world to the next Olympic Games in a new country.  Notice how the torch is lit by the sun at the Temple of Hera.

This video shows the route of the Olympic Torch Relay in England on the way to London.  Look for some of the landmarks and special structures in England in this video…..

ABOUT THE LONDON TORCH RELAY – Read all about the torch relay and what it means.