As a class, discuss the various gymnastic events. Click on the bottom right box that looks like a camera to view an animation of a woman performing on a vault. While watching the animation, pick out the skills that the gymnast uses in her performance on the vault. Then click on the box that says Water Sports when you roll your mouse over it. Click on Diving in the left column.
Students can compare a gymnast s skills with the skills of a diver.
Thursday, September 21 Swimming Faster Show your students how Olympic swimmers speed up their pace. Print and Read American Swimmer Defeats Australian Favorite , an article about the Olympic triumph of Misty Hyman. Go to Olympic Tech 2000 and click on the two pictures on the screen. You and your students can look carefully at a close-up of each picture. Begin a discussion by asking what the pictures show.