Snowboarding Lesson Plans

1. Teaching English Language Arts: INTRODUCTION
...will randomly be put into groups. Before putting them into their groups we will provide them with their instructions. Each group will receive one envelope with 11 sentences in them, each group will be required to put the sentences in the correct order following the outline provided in class. Topic: Snowboarding Sentences: -Snowboarding has become so popular it is now an Olympic sport. -Snowboarding is one of the most popular and exciting winter sports in North America. - Most snowboarders like it because they can control the board with just their feet instead of using 2 skies and 2 poles. - Because so many...

2. Snowfall Statistics for Snowboarding
...g Buddies + Classroom Pets + Pen Pals + Post Cards Chatroom Meetings Advertise <> Print Lesson Teachers.Net Nav Chat Center Teachers Administrators Grade Level Subjects States Interest Groups Projects Classified Ads Help Wanted Email: State: 736. Snowfall Statistics for Snowboarding Mathematics, level: Middle Posted Mon Dec 7 18:01:49 PST 1998 by Sue (Weiss) Green ( greens@cedar-falls.k12.ia.us). Holmes Jr.High , Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA Materials Required: Access to the Internet, Graph Paper, Ruler Activity Time: One Week Concepts Taught: Statistics: Graphs & Plots INTRODUCTION...

3. Olympic Winter Events
...omplete list. Click an event you want to learn about, and then scroll down the event home ? A Military Salute - page until you reach the heading About This Sport. There you will find links Social Studies 6-12 to articles, videos, or sometimes interactive features about the sport. For example, click Snowboarding and then scroll down the page to the article, " ? Welcome to Web 2.0 What's the difference between parallel giant slalom and halfpipe?" What is - Science / Technology the object of the halfpipe competition? How many boarders compete in the 5-8 parallel giant slalom after the qualification round? ? L...

4. Striving for Success
...uss the article Snowboarders Take on Rock Star Status (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/ featured_articles/20060331friday.html), focusing on the following questions: a. Who is Ben Watts? b. What does Ben enjoy doing in his free time? c. What role has the Olympics played in the popularity of snowboarding? d. In what events has Ben competed successfully? e. What explanation did Ben's father, Alan, give for his son not succeeding in the slopestyle competition in Truckee, California? f. What are Ben's short and long term goals? g. According to Mike Gardzina, what are the benefits of competitive snowboa...

5. ESL Learners
...stories. - Students will share their stories with the class. Materials: - Snowman paper or paper cut in the shape of a snowman - Pens/pencils Procedures: Anticipating Set: - Ask the students what they think of snow. - Ask them what kind of experiences they have had in the snow. Vocabulary: - snow - snowboarding - hood - snowy - shovel - sweater - snowman - gloves - mittens - snowballs - boots - vest - sledding - scarf - snow pants - snowball fight - hat - skiing - earmuff - ice skating - jacket Activities: - Ask the students to brainstorm activities they like to do in snow. - If possible, go outside and do...

6. Let It Snow!
...Activities to enjoy in the snow Proficiency/Grade level Beginning ESL Grades K-2 Goal and Standard Goal 2, Standard 2: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas Content Concepts and Skills Vocabulary: Snow, snowy, snowman, snowballs, sledding, snowball fight, skiing, ice skating, snowboarding, shovel, gloves, boots, scarf, hat, earmuffs, jacket, hood, sweater, mittens, vest, snowpants Concepts: How snow affects us our lives; what we wear in the snow, activities we can enjoy in the snow. Background Information Real experience with snow Materials or Resources Large snowman pattern Procedur...

7. BC Education - Applications of Mathematics 12 - Shape and Space (3-D Objects and 2-D Shapes)
...rcise using different angles, and then draw conclusions. Ask each student to research a favourite sport to determine where vectors may be used to understand the physics of the sport. Have students report their findings to the class. For example, vectors have significant applications in windsurfing, snowboarding, and skiing. The force of the wind, the strength and direction of the currents in the water, and the resistance of the snowboard or skis as they move over snow can be treated as vectors. SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES Vectors provide a clear method for students to model and solve 2-D and 3-D proble...

8. Light the Fire Within | Curriculum | Science | Eighth Grade
...ding team? Instruct students to make a chart, poster or report that compares the sporting equipment used at the Olympic Winter Games to the relevant simple machines. Assessment Students will create and explain a sporting equipment and simple machine comparison chart. Extensions The popular sport of snowboarding is a relatively new. Snowboards were pioneered in the late seventies. Have students use their imaginations and the information learned about simple machines to invent a new winter sport for the Olympic Games. Students may draw a sketch of your invention, or may try to build it. Perhaps 30 years from...

9. Winter Moves Lesson Plan
...human eye see these continuous frames as a moving picture? Notice the blurring of detail in quickly moving objects when you speed up the images. 3. Cover a work area with recycled newspaper. On white paper, use CrayolaÂ® Crayons to draw a winter scene of a person in action sliding, skating, skiing, snowboarding. 4. Use Crayola Washable Paints and Paint Brushes to paint your picture. Blur the edges of the images by allowing the colors to mix together slightly when you paint them, or by using a wet brush to blend edges. Dry on a flat surface. Safety Guidelines Safety guidelines recommend this art project as...

10. Light the Fire Within | Curriculum | Science | Physics
...search to identify and solve problems. Scientists and engineers use laws of physics to improve products to make them safer and/or more efficient. Explain that the Olympic competitions have greatly benefited from science since winter sports have become so popular. Even relatively new sports, such as snowboarding, have been improved by using the laws of physics. Experiment In the following experiment, students will design a model snowboard to overcome friction. Needed materials include: Two pieces of stiff cardboard 20 x 30 cm A 2.5 x 5 cm strip of cardboard cut in the shape of a snowboard Tape Books Procedu...