INTRODUCTION

What do you know about the Olympic Games?
Are all the sports Olympic?
Today we are going to learn facts about the Olympic Games.
You and your partners are going to search the internet and get information about the Olympic Games.
Organize yourselves and have fun!

TASK

When and where did the first Olympic Games take place?

When and where will the next Olympic Games be?

What sports are Olympic? What equipment do we need?

What are the most famous mascots?

Are you ready to start?

PROCESS

1. DATES & PLACES

Find out when and where the first Olympic Games took place ad when and where the 2012 Games will be.

- FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES
- NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES

2. SPORTS

Try to find information about these four Olympic sports and to make a list of the equipment you need to practice it.


- Badminton
- Archery
- Rowing
- Throwing

3. MASCOTS

Look at the pictures of these three Olympic mascot

Search the internet to find out the name, the place and the year of these mascots.

RESOURCES

A Little of history

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/
http://www.london2012.com/games/
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/olympic_Games

Sports, mascots and symbols

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/photo_galleries/3068021.stm
http://www.technologystudent.com/despro2/olymp2.htm
http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/
http://inventorspot.com/articles/the_top_10_coolest_olympic_mascots_16307
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sports
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/olympic_symbols


Sports vocabulary

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/olympics.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/sport.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blwordgroups_sports.htm

EVALUATION

- Complete the charts with the information you find

- Choose a Olympic sport, get a photograph or a picture and write a short comment about it: equipment you need, the last Olympic winner, number of people involved….

CONCLUSION

With this webquest you have improved your:

- Civic and social competence working as a member of a team

- Information treatment and digital competence searching information
through internet

- Learning to learn competence fostering your autonomous learning

- Cultural and artistic competence learning about the Olympic Games and about
the English culture