In Miss Mack’s blog there is a  link to Kids Japan site. It is so cute you will have fun doing some of the activities. Be sure to find the experiment that shows that sound can make a liquid hard.

Write a comment and let me know what you found interesting or not.

Resources

 Some great links for learning about world religions.  Do you have others to add to the list?

• Virtual Tours of the worlds major religions
• Beautiful images marking the end of Ramadan
• BBC School Resource – What is Islam?
• RE Online for juniors
• Animated Buddist stories
• Bible Map
• Religion Facts
• BBC - Religion and Ethics

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for most of these links.

If you have found an interesting fact you would like to write about please add a comment to this post.

Choose a famous Olympian and research this person. The person may be Australian or from any other nation.

• Your project should be displayed on cardboard.
• When organising your work think about the following heading.

Personal profile- include:

• Date of birth
• Where they live?
• Interesting information about their life

Sport- include:

• What sports have they played?
• At what age did they start?
• When did they start training in the sport they are famous for?
• How often do they train?
• In what year did they first compete in an Olympic Games?

Olympic Results- include:

• A list of the games attended
• Medals won
• Records broken
• Any other achievements

Career- include:

• Information about when they first started
• What or who inspired them
• When did they retired if they have
• What do they do now?

Bibliography- include:

• Book Titles and Authors
• Web Sites

Your work will be marked on the information gathered and the presentation. HAVE FUN

The Official Australian Olympic website is a good place to start.  Click here to go to the site.