Friday February 4th - Back to In-Person - Colin Pattison | Library

 
Hi everyone - this morning - the Opening Ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics are happening. 

The Olympics are pretty contentious this year with a number of countries objecting to the safety concerns surrounding Covid-19 and athlete safety. That said - as of right now, they are still set to go, with a number of events that have already taken place. 

Below - you'll find the link to six different interactive stories from the New York Times  - highlighting six different athletes and the path they took toward competition. 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/11/sports/sochi-2014-interactive-stories.html

You'll be doing two different things with these articles. 

1 - a short research summary on the one you find most interesting.

Remember, at this point - you should be aiming for at least three pieces of research. 

Usually, that research comes primarily from a series of articles that I post for you in the daily slideshow - but today, I'd like you to try and find your own links. You can use the article as a jumping-off point, but from there - you need to find your own content to fill in more information about the person you've chosen to explore. Make sure that you are referencing where this information is coming from inside your sentences and paragraphs.

2 - Follow-up questions from each of the articles. You're going to be reading all six of the articles - so make sure that you're searching through each one of those sections.

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Using the New York Times - Sochi 2014: Interactive Stories Article - select an athlete to research, and create a composition that details their background, path to the Olympics and specific details from the article.

We haven't used this feature before - but this is a 'free response' item in Formative. Unlike the short response one - there is much more room to expand your text box - so you should consider this more like a research-based one-pager.

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In short track speed skating, most of an athletes power is created by:

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When ski jumpers launch through the air, their trajectory forms something referred to as:

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Shawn White is known for his ability to complete a very difficult trick in halfpipe snowboarding. Using the box below - and without using copy-and-paste - share some details about that trick and what makes it so unique.

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Where is Mark McMorris from - and where did he learn to snowboard?

*The answer to the first part of this question can be found in one of the articles - the second part is going to require a Google Search. We want to know the ski hill - mountain - or series of resorts that McMorris credits as his developmental stomping grounds.

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Why does Luge require uphill sections?

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Rule changes in Giant Slalom had what effect on racers?

In Math this afternoon, we're going to be working with Desmos Marbleslides. Desmos has it's own interactive screens so I'm going to use those instead because there are more options than the ones that we can use inside of Formative. 

You can click the link in this text section if you'd like - or you can opt to use the one posted in Classroom - both are going to take you to the exact same place. 

https://student.desmos.com/activitybuilder/student-greeting/61fd55eddccd3d0a190b5b87