AFTER SCHOOL Project PLANNING FORM
Name of Project: / Winter Olympics
Location/site: / Our Lady Help of Christians / Grade/age Level: K-6
Duration of project: / 5 Weeks / Facilitator: Group Leaders
Project Idea
Summary of the issue, challenge, investigation, scenario, or problem: / Students will be learning about the Winter Olympics. Students will decide what they want to learn specifically about the Winter Olympics. They will form teams and represent a country. Each team will compete in sports and get points during the five weeks. We will have an opening and closing ceremony.
Driving Question / What would my life be like if I was playing in the 2014 Winter Olympics?
Academic Subject Areas to be learned (e.g., science, history): / History
21st Century Skills
to be taught.
(Career Skills applicable for Middle and High School Models) / Collaboration and Teamwork / X / Career Skills:
Communication / X / Other: Sportsmanship, Participation, Respect, Team Spirit, and Listening Skills / X
Critical Thinking / X
Presentation Audience:
Culminating Products and Performances
(Note: projects must have at least one Culminating Product/Event) / Group: / Country Presentations
Opening Ceremony
Closing Ceremony / Parents: / X
School: / X
Community:
Individual: / Each student gains points to contribute to Olympic team ranking / Experts:
Web:
Other:
AFTER SCHOOL Project PLANNING FORM
Activities to generate student interest
(early in the project) / ·  Children representing a country
·  Competing in Winter Olympic events
·  Opening and closing ceremony
·  Competitions
Rubric: Project Content
Identify the content or learning objectives for the project
(For example, for a gardening project, learning objective: youth will be able to explain the process of photosynthesis) / State the Project Content/ Learning Objectives:
·  Children will participate in physical activities and work together in groups to research a country.
10.4.3.A: Identify and engage in physical activities that promote physical fitness and health.
10.4.3.D: Identify likes and dislikes related to participation in physical activities
10.4.3.F: Recognize positive and negative interactions of small group activities.
7.3.3.A: Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: population, culture, settlement, economic activities, political activities.
16.2.5.C: Explain the impact of communication on interactions with others.
In this row write what it means to be emerging, proficient, mastery, or breakthrough with the project content/ learning objectives. Then transfer this information to the rubric. / Emerging
·  Understands what the Winter Olympics is.
·  Helps group members very minimally with the group presentation and was told to participate in sports by staff. / Proficient
·  Can identify two of the sports played in the Winter Olympics.
·  Gives ideas to group members for the group presentation and communicated with team members during sports. / Mastery
·  Asked questions to further understand everything involved in the Winter Olympics.
·  Showed enthusiasm and encouraged group members during the group presentation and during sports. / Breakthrough
·  Showed excitement and was thoroughly involved in the group presentation and sports.
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Debriefing Methods
(All debriefing must be documented) / (Individual, Group, and/or Whole Class) / Debriefing Form (required for second grade and up) / X / Focus Group
Whole-Class Discussion / Journal/Learning Log
Survey / Other: Group presentations and point tally / X

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PROJECT CALENDAR
project: 2014 Winter Olympics / Start Date: 01/21/14
MONDAY / TUESDAY / WEDNESDAY / THURSDAY / FRIDAY
PROJECT WEEK ONE
CLOSED for Martin Luther King Day / 1. Running of the torch
2. Ask children what they already know about the Winter Olympics and what they want to learn
3. Ask children what their goals are for the PBL and make a task list / 1. Come up with the Driving Question with the kids
2. Kids choose their groups and decide on what country they want to represent
/ Do country research

PROJECT WEEK TWO
-Continue and finish country research
-Make a poster
-Make a flag
-Decide on costumes to wear for opening ceremony
-Give group leaders recipes / Finish poster and prep for opening ceremony
/ Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
1. Parade of
Nations
2. Oath

PROJECT WEEK THREE
Learn about the history and rules of the Winter Olympics (Green & Blue)
Figure Skating- Learn and Play (Pink & Yellow) / Learn about the history and rules of the Winter Olympics (Pink & Yellow)
Hockey- Learn and Play
(Green & Blue) / Green & Blue OFF
Hockey- Learn and Play Pink & Yellow)
/ Pink & Yellow OFF
Figure Skating- Learn and Play (Green & Blue)

PROJECT WEEK FOUR
Learn about the process of becoming an Olympic athlete (Green & Blue)
Curling- Learn and Play (Pink & Yellow) / Learn about the process of becoming an Olympic athlete (Pink & Yellow)
Speed Skating- Learn and Play (Green & Blue) / Green & Blue OFF
Speed Skating –Learn and Play (Pink & Yellow)
/ Pink & Yellow OFF
Curling- Learn and Play (Green & Blue)

PROJECT WEEK FIVE
Learn about Sochi, Russia (Green & Blue)
Slalom- Learn and Play (Pink & Yellow)
/ Learn about Sochi, Russia (Pink & Yellow)
Slalom- Learn and Play (Green & Blue) / Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony
1. Medal
Ceremony
2. Slide show

PROJECT WEEK SIX

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