I always become very interested in the Olympics and end up becoming mesmorized by events I'd normally pay no attention to. I also become fascinated by the athletes and their stories and countries. So, it's very likely that our students are also involved and engaged by the Olympics. It makes sense to connect some learning with the current world event. Mr. Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers highlights some resources worth checking out in his post, "Exploring the Olympics on Google Earth and Google Maps." You can take Google Earth tours of the competition sites and view maps of the medal distributions. It'd be a great way to tie in some geography.
In first grade, we teach a lot of sportmanship/teamwork as well as patriotism so the Olympics would be a great way to tie in those concepts. I wonder if there are apps of sites that would be good for connecting those topics?
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