After school project planning form name of Project

Summary of the issue, challenge, investigation, scenario, or problem:

Students will explore various Olympic sports and learn about the history of the Olympics. Students will study a country of their choice and learn about the country’s culture. At the end of the project students will compete in a camp-wide Olympics as representatives of their chosen country.

to be taught.

Youth will watch a clip of the Opening Ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

(Check all that will be used)

(All debriefing must be documented)

-In each age group, generate discussion on the Olympics using a KWL chart (What do youth Know? What do they Want to know? (later) What did they Learn?)

-Introduce Driving Question

-Create Task Lists (note: k-3 Task Lists will differ in content from grades 4-5)

-Staff send home “Save the Dates” for Culminating Event
(1 hour)

-Olympic Timeline activity:

Grades K-3: As a Read Aloud, read a chapter of Hour of the Olympics (Magic Treehouse #16) by Mary Pope Osborne. Have a timeline posted in the room. Give groups of youth pre-printed facts about major events in Olympic history (e.g., the first ancient Olympics, first modern Olympics, first winter Olympics, etc.) and help them read and place on the timeline.

Grades 4-5: read aloud a selection from Ancient Greece and the Olympics. Have youth use books, internet, and other sources to identify key facts about the Olympics and write these facts on a timeline.

-Remind youth that the first ancient games was a footrace and introduce the sport of track. Take youth to the gym or field and organize sprints by age group.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview next day’s activities.

-K-3: Read the next chapter of Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth.

-All grades: Introduce Olympic Rings as symbol of 5 continents. In mixed age groups, divide youth into teams and assign each team a continent. Ask youth to choose the country they will represent at the Olympics from that continent. Have maps, books, articles, pictures, or other information on the countries available to help youth in making their choice.

-On chart paper, have groups create (or trace) a map of their country. Have youth decorate the map and write 3 fun facts about their country in or beside the map.

- Take youth to the gym and introduce relay races. Organize races by age group.

-Youth check off Task List and preview Monday’s activities.

-K-3: Read the next chapter of Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth.

- Give groups of youth the materials to recreate their country’s flag, which they will carry during the Opening Ceremonies of the program’s Olympic games. (Pictures of flags may be found at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/flagsoftheworld.html)

-Take youth to the gym and introduce the long jump and triple jump. Organize competitions by age group.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

(2 hours)

-K-3: Read the next chapter of Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth and do Shout Out to check for understanding.

-Grades 4-5: Take youth to computer lab to research their chosen country’s culture, including traditional food, dress, and customs. Have youth take notes, print pictures. Some websites as resources: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/
http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/styles/fun4.html
-All grades: swimming. At the pool, introduce one or more of the swimming strokes seen in the Olympics. Give youth the opportunity to practice.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

(2.5 hours)

- K-3: Read the next chapter of Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth. Next take youth to the computer lab to watch video clips of their chosen countries. (One resource: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/) Partner older students with younger students to take notes on country’s colors, culture, etc.

-Grades 4-5: Youth will sketch the design of their costumes for the Opening/Closing Ceremonies. Designs should be influenced by the country’s flag colors and culture and be realistic for program materials available.

-Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

(1.5 hours)

- K-3: Read the next chapter of Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth. Next have youth create a “souvenir” from their chosen country related to the country’s culture or what the country is known for (e.g., Eiffel tower from France). Help youth brainstorm ideas. On note cards youth write a description of their souvenir and its importance to convince tourists to buy the souvenir.

-Grades 4-5: Youth will begin to construct their costumes for the Opening/Closing ceremonies.

-Take youth to the gym and introduce basic gymnastics (using trained instructor). Allow youth to practice.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.
(2 hours)

- K-3: Read the next chapter of Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth. Next have youth make paper dolls or puppet to dress in the colors and traditions of their chosen country.

-Grades 4-5: Youth will finalize their costumes for the Opening Ceremonies.

-All grades: swimming. At the pool, review swimming strokes from the previous week. Give youth the opportunity to practice and organize race.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

(2.5 hours)

- K-3: Read the next chapter of Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth.

-In their teams, youth in grades 4-5 will teach youth in grades k-3 how to make their country’s costume for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Older youth will assist younger students in making their costumes.

-Take youth to the gym and continue to introduce basic gymnastics (using trained instructor). Allow youth to practice.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

(2 hours)

- K-3: Read the next chapter of Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth and do Shout Out to check for understanding.

-Grades 4-5: youth will devise an Olympic torch/flame for the Opening Ceremonies.

-Take youth to the gym. Introduce youth in grades k-3 to soccer; introduce archery for youth in grades 4-5 (using trained instructor). Allow youth to practice.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.
(1.5 hours)

- K-3: Finish reading Hour of the Olympics aloud to youth. Ask youth to draw a picture of their favorite scene in the book and to write 1-2 sentences about the scene.

-Grades 4-5: Youth will construct Olympic medals (gold, silver, bronze) to be awarded during the competition.

-All grades: swimming. At the pool, review swimming strokes from the previous week. Give youth the opportunity to practice and organize race.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

(2.5 hours)

-In their teams, youth in grades 4-5 will teach youth in grades k-3 how to make Olympic medals. Older youth will assist younger students in making the medals.

-Take youth to the gym to practice soccer for k-3; practice archery for grades 4-5 (using trained instructor). Allow youth to practice.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

-All grades: youth create invitations for families to attend the Closing ceremonies. Youth will take invitations home today.

-All grades: review and practice sports before Olympic week. Have practice races, long jump and triple jump, and gymnastics practice.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

-All grades: in mixed age groups, each youth will prepare one or more key facts about his/her country to present during the procession of the Opening Ceremonies. Youth will write their facts on note cards and will be asked to memorize them for the Opening Ceremonies. Older youth will assist younger students.

-All grades: swimming. Final week of practice.

-Return to the classroom and review. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

-Grades 4-5: youth check that materials are ready for the Olympic week (torch, costumes, medals, flags to carry)

-All grades: review facts to present at Opening Ceremonies. Review and practice sports before Olympic week, including a soccer scrimmage, and archery practice.

-Return to the classroom. Youth sign up for competitions in which they want to participate. All youth are encouraged to participate in at least one event and in the final relay race. Youth check off Task Lists and preview the next PBL activities.

-Games commence: organized into Junior Olympics (gr. k-3) and Olympics (gr. 4-5) divisions, youth will compete in sprints, long jump, triple jump, and gymnastics.

(2.5 hours)

-Games: soccer, archery, and the final event of the relay race (all youth encouraged to participate)

-Closing Ceremonies: after the end of all athletic events, youth will gather with their teams outside the gym to put on their costumes and process back into the gym with their country’s flags.

-Medal ceremony: Olympic medals are presented to the winners of the events.

-Lunch with families
(3 hours)

-Youth completed debriefing forms

-Staff share completed rubrics with youth
(1 hour)