Below are a few videos about how some Olympians compete in their sports...
(for more videos check out the website NBC Learn)
Choose one of the videos to watch. After you watch it, post a comment about what you learned. Is it a sport you might want to try? Does seeing the video make it easier to understand how the athletes compete? Has your idea of the Olympics and the athletes changed since watching the video?
These are a few questions to get you thinking. Pick a video, watch it, and post a comment on your thoughts related to what you saw, heard, and learned...
Downhill Science (Alpine skiing):
Air Lift (Ski Jump):
The science of Snowboarding:
Figure Out Figure Skating:
Your questions:
- Is it a sport you might want to try?
- Does seeing the video make it easier to understand how the athletes do the sport?
- Has your idea of the Olympics and the athletes changed since watching the video?
- Any additional thoughts you would like to share?
Please respond in full and complete sentences, paragraph form. Double check your work before posting your comment. Once you post your comment, Mr. Casal will be notified and he will grade and approve your post. Your comment will not appear on the blog until Mr. Casal has read and approved it.
Have a great week off, watch the Olympics, and have fun!
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70 comments:
Q1: What I learned is that people use a high speed cameras, called the phantom camera that can capture 50000 frames per second.
Q2: No. I do not think that it is going to be a sport I'll be trying when I grow up or now.
Q3: Yes. People all over the world watching TV, or the web they think that it easy to jump on ice and think they would win if they compete. NO!!! The people who are competing in the Olympics are practicing ever day so that they know movement by movement.
Q4: Yes now I know that the people are really working hard to achieve what they want to achieve in life.
Q1: What I learned is that the ice skaters open there arms they get faster. And when the arms are in its slow.
Q2: It makes me learn that is not just jumping and putting your feet out its about balance and focus.
Q3: My idea of the athletes changed because I thought they open there arms for balance. But now I realize that that its to go faster.
Q4: You can really tell that skaters or any athlete take it serious to win the medal. They will do cool moves if they have too.
This video that I watched about snowboarding really interested me in snowboarding. I always loved to watch snowboarding, it was my amazing of all of the tricks they did. This video showed me the reasoning and math behind all of the tricks. If I could participate in any winter olympic I would choose snowboarding.
Before this video I didn't know all of the math and science behind all of the tricks. Now I know that the olympians don't just have practice the sport, they have to study about the sport. This really changed my mind and thoughts about the olympics. I really think that it is amazing how the ramps developed over the 16 years of the half pipe. This amazing video gave me more information about the half pipe event.
The air lift is a sport I would definitely try because it looks like a lot of fun. Seeing the video does make the sport easier to understand how the athlete does the sport because they explain all of the moves. My idea of the Olympics has changed ever since watching the video because I never knew how much science was in the Olympics. I never knew there was a camera called a phantom.
HAVE A GREAT VACATION!
Figure skating is a sport that I already do. I have always wondered how ice skaters make their skating look so effortless, so yes, the video did help. I was amazed at all of he different physics involved with jumping. My idea of the Olympics and the athletes, mostly the athletes though, have not changed.
Some additional thoughts that I have to share are, one, to turn 3 times in the air is very hard: most skaters can only accomplish about 2 and a half rotations. The last thought that I have to share was that I consider the phantom camera to be very high-tech, and I was astounded at how much it showed about the individual skater's jumps
HAVE A GREAT BREAK!!!!
The video that I watched was Figure out of Figure Skating. It was all about figure skating And I personally it is not a sport that I would want to try doing it my self. When i watched the video it made it a lot easier to understand how figure skaters do what they do in the Olympics. this was because it showed one very famous skater doing tricks in slow motion. My idea has changed a bit after seeing the video. There are no additional thoughts that I had about the video.
1: I think that figure skating looks interesting and I would like to give it a try some time.
2: This video helps mw understand the basics of what the different skaters do. I am still unsure about some of the stuff that they do.
3: My idea about the Olympics has not changed a lot after seeing this video. I still think it is cool to see how they do it.
4: Figure skating looks to be extremely difficult!
What I learned was that figure skaters use a camera called the phantom cam.
That sport would be a really good sport for me to try because it looks so cool when you go up in the air.
It does make it easier for me to see the sport because I always thought that when you get thrown in the air they use there feet out to balance themselves.
My idea changed of athletes because now I know they don't use there hands to balance themselves when there up in the air.
You can tell that skaters and athletes work really hard and get rewarded with a medal.
Question 1
No, after watching this video I don't think I'd really like to try the sport. I think this because I realized the athletes give up almost every thing in their life for the Olympic goal.
Question 2
Yes, after watching this video it did make it easier for me to understand how the athletes do this sport. I think this because I really learned a lot of their strategies like how they have to put their arms in if they want to jump higher off the ice ect.
Question 3
Yes, after watching this video my idea of the Olympic athletes changed. After watching this video I realized how much work they put in to their dream of the Olympics. They get up at 6:00 go to the staking rink then go to school from 7:00 to 12:00 and go back to the rink.
Question 4
Olympic science is really cool! GO USA!!!!!!! Have a nice break...
I would not like to try figure skating, even if I love skating very much. This video did make it easier for me to understand how figure skaters do their complicated twists and turns. My idea of the athletes has changed, because I got to learn how they do their work. I have no additional thoughts.
Figure skating is a sport that I may want to try and it looks a lot of fun. Though, when the athletes were skating they make it look so easy and after watching this video I understand how they do it.
I would of never guessed that there were physics behind figure skating. For an example, skaters pull in their arms to spin longer. Or, how skaters use angular momentum to gain more speed and more height. After I watched this, my idea has changed about the Olympics and the athletes. Now, I realize that even though skaters make it look so effortless, they work really hard. Also, that there is more beyond the concept of just "doing ticks" on the ice.
I think this video was very cool and taught me a lot. I hope everyone is enjoying their break!!!
Miguel G
1) I think that figure skating look interesting but complicating for me.Is a lot easier to understand how figure skaters in the olympics.
2) YES, after watching this video it did make it easier for me to understand.I really learn new stuff but i dont think i would try.i will brake any piece of my body. i was amazed of the tricks they were doing in the ice.
3) My idea change because i learned new stuff on how they do there work and tricks.
4) its extremerly difficult.
enjoy your brake everyone and be safe[0_0]
Yes, it is a sport I might want to try. Seeing the video makes it easier to understand how the athletes do the sport. I never really watched the olympics and the athletes, but this has really changed my idea of the olympics, So I might watch it next year.
1)No I don't want to try this sport, it really didn't interest me.
2)Yes I now understand that it isn't as easy as i thought it would be.
3)No It didn't change.
4)It was really fun to watch the video.
I watched the video on Alpine Skiing and found it very interesting. It is a sport that I would like to try because I've always felt the need for speed. Seeing the video did make it easier to understand how athletes do it because at first I thought it would be easy because, well, they made it look easy but later in the video I realized it took years of practice to be able to do Alpine Skiing. Yes, this video has changed of the Olympics because now I know that it is very hard and that there is a lot of competition. I hope I will be in the Olympics one day.
I watched the video on figure skating. It is probably not a sport that I would want to try because there is so much science that is put into it and you need to practice a lot on timing, speed and skating in general. In the video, I could understand the sport better because I learned how the science shows how each part of the jumps and spins and everything else. I think that my view of the Olympics and the athletes have changed because from now on, when I think of figure skating, I will think of all of the physics that go into it.
I watched the video on figure skating. After watching the video I would really love to try out that sport. Especially now that I know the physics behind it. Once I saw the video it made it so much easier to understand how the athletes did the sport. Before I could never understand how skaters were able to do turns. Honestly before watching this video I never had a single interest in the winter olympics. The video showed how interesting figure skating might be. Now while I watch figure skaters in the olympics, I can actually know the science behind it. This video has taught me the science behind figure skating, and has even inspired me to try something new. Great video.
HAVE A GREAT BREAK EVERYONE!
I think I would love to try Snowboarding, because the more risky and dangerous something is, the more attracted I am to it. For me atleast, the video was interesting, entertaining, and a tiny bit inspiring. Now that I understand how the sport works and how difficult it is, (thanks to the vid') I've gained more and more respect for the athletes. I realize how you do it, and that with science it's easier, but having the will to do it, now that's a ten out of ten. Rock on, stay safe, and have a great break
-Ian S.
I watched the vidio on snowboarding and I learned a lot of cool stuff. Now I really want to try to do the half pipe just like Shaun White. I learned that the if the length is wider and if the walls are higher the riders get more momentum to do tricks. The vidio changedthe Olympics because now sice the riders will be doing awesome tricks ther will be way more closer scores. I hope I will be just like Shaun white and bring home a gold!
I chose the video of figure skating.
I found it interesting, but I wouldn't want to try it, because I've tried skating before, and I can barely move, so I don't even want to know what will happen if I try figure skating.
The video made me understand a little more about how Rachel figure skated. I knew about the velocities, but the law of conservation of angular momentum was new to me. I even tried in my chair, but it kept moving.
After I saw the video, my idea of Olympians changed. I thought it was just practice and brute force, but now I understand that there's a lot of science behind it.
Before, I thought that figure skating was just doing fancy stunts on skates, but now I know the truth.
I watched the figure skating video. I would not want to try the sport because it looks very hard. Seeing the video does make it easier to understand how the the athletes do the sport because in the video the doctor talks about it and it shows how the girl practices. My idea of the Olympics and athletes has changed since watching the video because when I watch the Olympics on tv it looks easy, but in reality it is not. I never knew that when you would bring our hands like into a package and then you would spin faster.
I watched a video about Figure Skating, and i learned a lot of different and interesting information about this sport. I really don't think this is a sport for me, so you will not find me on the ice. Yes it makes it easier to understand what they are doing. Like Angular Momentum helps when spins.When your hands are out you go slower and when there in you go faster.Yes the Olympics has changed a lot. Well it was so amazing how the skaters make there jumps and spins so effortless.
Aaron N.
Q1: No I would not like to try this sport because I don't like ice skating.
Q2:Yes, seeing the video does make everything easier for me to understand how athletes do their sport. I never knew science was involve in this.
Q3: I have never thought about the Olympics or the athletes but the video was interesting to see. It was a bit confusing especially when the lady was trying to explain the science behind the jumps and lifts of the figure skater.
Speed Skating is a sport I would like to do. The video helps me understand the science and math behind the ice and the suits in speed skating. My view of the olympics changed by knowing my questions.
My additional thoughts are that Speed Skating is awesome and GO USA!!!
I watched the video on figure skating. Figure skating is my favorite event in the Olympics. After watching the video I realized that maybe I could do it, with practice. The video also helped explain how the athletes do the sport, like showing the physics behind what they are doing. Also, the video changed my mind about the athletes. I used to think that they just practiced, but now I see that the have to spend time and money on this sport, and will do almost anything to get to the Olympics.
1. Figure skating looks like an amazing sport, but I don't think I want to try it.
2. This video helped me understand a little bit more about figure skating that I would've never guessed,such as figure skaters having to open and close their arms to keep spinning.
3. After this video, my idea of the Olympics has not changed much. I've always known how hard it is to be in the Olympics since the last summer Olympics.
4. The Olympics involve more Science than I thought.
1)I watched figure out figure skating. It looks like an amazing sport, but I fall every second in ice skates so I'm not ice skater.
2)The video made it much easier actually. I understood ow they did the jumps but not how they spun forever. A after watching the video I used my spinning chair to test it out... success!
3)It has changed because at first I thought they like were using a magical force to make them spin, and now I actually know what the magical force is!
4)Figure skating has a lot of science!
Ice Skating is a sport I might want to start learning about. Even though I already know how to skate pretty well, there is still much to learn! I think that It made me understand the sport a little bit more by showing how the skaters do the amazing jumps. No, not necessarily. I think that I will always be learning new things about the Olympics but it will never cage my view or idea on them. My additional thought on the matter are: I think the Olympics should happen more often!!
Have Happy Break!
Figure skating is a very complex sport that requires stamina and adrenaline.This is a sport I definitely want to try. It's like dancing on ice while carving art into it. The video helped me have a more clear definition of what the sport is and how to do it. I now realize that the Olympics is not only getting a metal or not but also like a competition trying to get to the final and win! I really look forward to trying it as I learn how to ice skate today.
I chose the video on snowboarding. I definitely want to try. I want to try it because i like taking risks, and snowboarding is quite risky. I knew the Olympics well before this, and it hasn't changed much.
Go USA and have a great break!
i chose the video about figure skating. i definitely learned a lot of things from this video.
Q1: to be honest, i most likely wouldn't want to try this sport because i have tried to skate, and it did not go too well.
Q2:yes, this video makes it much easier to to understand how the athletes compete.
Q3: my idea of the Olympics and the athletes has changed.
Figure skating looks like a really cool sport, but I don't think I can do that stuff. After seeing the video, the sport is much easier to understand, because there's much more science to it that I thought originally. My idea of the Olympics has totally changed, because I thought that figure skating was complicated routines involving spins and jumps, but there's so much physics behind it.
I watched the snowboarding video. Snowboarding is a sport that I would want to try. Watching the video made me understand a lot more about how the athletes like Shaun White snowboard. My idea of the Olympics and the athletes kind of changed after watching the video. I hope I can be like Shaun White someday and bring home a medal!
1) I chose the figure skating video. It looks like a cool sport, but I don't think I would be good at it.
2) Yes, it makes it easier to understand how the athletes do the sport.
3) Yes, It does change my point of view of athletes and the Olympics.
4) I liked the video. GO USA!!!
I watched the video on ice skating. At first I thought that this sport was super boring but then I watched the video and knew how much effort goes into each move. I don't think I will be trying this sport anytime soon because I am more in to kickflips instead of quads (skateboarding). It looks like a very hard sport because if you don't hold in your arms in the air you will fall. The science behind the sport has helped me understand the sport because I did not know that if you put your arms out it will slow your rotation.
I watched the video "Figure out Figure Skating". It was a great video. But for me Figure Skating is not a sport I would try. THis is because I am horrible at skating. When I saw the video "figure out Figure Skating" it did make it easier to understand how the athletes did it. I saw how they went in the air, how they spin faster. The video did help me understand how the athletes do the sport. When I saw the video, it did change my idea about the Olympics. No there is no additional thoughts that I have about the video.
I watched the video about figure skating.
I would really like to be able to do those things but I don't think that I can. yes it makes it easier for me to understand, but what I still don't understand is how they make it look so effortless. Yes it has changed my idea.
Alpine skiing is a sport I might want to try. I've always been puzzled by how athletes absorb all the vibration in their skis. This video helped me understand it better. This video also makes me really feel how hard it must be to compete in the Winter Olympics.
I think seeing this video does make it sound easier to do,but it wont be somthing I'll try my self. My idea of the olympics has changed because by just little turn had so much more to it then it just being a little turn.
Also cool video.
I don't think i would like to compete in figure skating. I already ski and snowboard, and i really like those two sports. Seeing the video made it even more complicated. Now that I saw the video I feel more in awe of them. they have to do five different spins inthe whole show, and ten keep on skating, and they have just come out of a spin, and are probably very dizzy!
mr casal something is wrong with the videos. Every single one is skating. thought you should know.
I would like to try snowboarding. I have had snowboarding lessons. seeing the video makes me think its not as easy as it looks. it makes me think if they fall its because of the force thats weighs down on them. I think you need to practice a lot to get to the olympics.
Figure skaters seem to not have any effort in their spins but that is not true there is tons of science behind this amazing sport.
1) Personally I would not want to figure skate. When I was watching the figure skating I was sure that it would not turn out well if I attempted it.
2) Visually seeing every step of the way with the phantom camera and with the science behind it I clearly saw how figure skaters accomplish such things.
3) The idea of the Olympics has changed. For one I can see how much effort they put in this sport how muck passion.
4)I really enjoyed this video and wish everyone a great vacation.
Figure skating looks like a cool sport but I don't think I would want to try it. After seeing the video it does help me understand how the athletes do the sport and I learned that if you have your arms out while you spin you will gain less momentum. My idea of the Olympics and the athletes has not changed because before I watched this I knew that Figure Skating would be very complicated.
* Yes Figure Skating is a sport I would love to try someday.
* Yes watching the video made it easier for me to understand how the athletes do the sport. When the girl in the video explained that with her arms out it makes her go slower and with her arms crossed it makes her go faster and also that the only way to stop is by putting your feet down. She really explained the speed issue.
* No my idea of the Olympics has not changed by watching the video, because I always knew that they worked very hard at what they do.
The video I watched was Snowboard Half-pipe. First of all I already love snowboarding and doing the Snowboard Half-pipe would AWESOME! The way Shawn White was talking about it was really bland and did not really give any insight to about how he competes. My idea has changed. The competitors are getting even more "aggressive" and into the tricks. And the Olympics is helping them achieve their goal.
I do not really think I would like to figure skate. Ice skating is fun, but I like other sports like skiing or surfing better. I have wondered about the science was like behind the Olympics and this made it easier to understand how figure skaters skate. Figure skating is MUCH harder than it looks!
My idea about the athletes has changed a little. figure skating isn't an east sport. you need to work hard to do the tricks!
That camere that they used to video tape the figure skater was amazing. When I do stopmotion animation, I only have 12 frames a second!
1) I love to go ice skating in the winter but just for fun.
2) After seeing this video I do understand how the athletes compete. Especially the Phantom Camera.
3) This video has changed my idea of the Olympics and the Athletes by giving more information and explaining what happens.
Q1. I watched figure skating and I could not be able to do this sport without breaking anything or twisting something.
Q2. Yes, it makes it easier for me to understand how the athletes do the sport because now I see how they do this from the slow motion part of the video.
Q3. The idea of the Olympics has not changed, even after watching the video. The Olympics to me is a great sporting event.
Q4. The only other thing I want to say is that if I did that, I would not even get off the edge.
Q1:I go ice skating in the winter. I'm average and I don't know any moves. I don't think I would want to try this professionally.
Q2:Yes. Before I didn't know how skaters did fancy moves. Now I do.
Q3: Yes. Before this video I had no idea hard it was to these moves. Thanks to this video I do. Really hard.
Q4: I like how they showed the spin move trick. When you spin to spin faster you putt your arms in instead of out.
I sometimes go ice skating, but I don't think I will do figure skating because I already do a lot of sports. It makes it a little easier to understand ho they do it. My idea of the athletes changed after watching the video. Before it seemed more like dance and arty, but now I realize how athletic you have to be. Before watching the video I did the office chair thing. Isn't that a strange coincidence? Anyway it really works.
GO USA!
1. I thought that the video was really cool, it was talking about what it feels like to be an Olympian. And maybe what the reaction from the crowd looks like.
2. I thought slope style looked most interesting because it's like a huge skate park while you ride down the hill, and I love skating(as in skateboard skating).
3.I saw a lot of the winter Olympics this year but mostly, I saw Bobsledding.
4.I haven't seen any of the new events yet but I can't wait to.
5. Sometimes at my winter camp we go ice skating and I'm pretty good.
Figure Skating looks really hard even tough they show it to me in the phantom camera. I would not want to try it. The video helps a little to understand the physics of figure skating. My idea of the olympics has not changed. I still think that it is for entertainment.
I watched the ice skating video. It is so cool how all of this science is involved with it. After watching the video, I wanted to do that so bad. I think it makes it much easier to understand really how these athletes to get all the momentum. You obviously have to be very skilled. And I think my view has changed about skaters because of watching this video.
I watched the video about figure skating.
Q 1. No it would take a lot of balance and timing that I would not have the patience for.
Q 2. Yes I did not know that to do those spins the figure skaters had to push the ice with there foot I also did not know that by putting your arms out you could slow the spinning.
Q 3. I had no idea the Winter Olympics had so much science in them. I had no idea that it was that hard to do figure skating.
Q 4. That video has really thought me some cool stuff I will remember it whenever I watch the winter Olympics.
I watched the Figure Skating video. Since I'm already a pretty good skater, I already wanted to try it. Now that I watched that video, though, I want to try it even more. Watching the video also made me understand how those people can manage to do those tricks. I was not really paying attention to the olympics this year, but I am definitely going to watch them next year after watching that video.
Figure Skating is a sport I would try because I love to skate.Watching this video did help me understand how they do the sport but it seams confusing.My idea of the Olympics and the athletes hasn't changed.
One of the sports I would choose to try would be Alpine skiing because I ski so I know what to do and when to do it. I also would choose this because I love going fast on my skis and then making sharp turns. It feels great in my skis.
Now that I have watched these videos, it has helped me understand how the athletes do their tricks.
Seeing these videos made me realize that there is more to ice skating then meets the eye. It went from hard to super hard!
I just have one more thing to say.... GO USA!
1)I have never tried ice skating and never will because that is not much of my personality. But It helps me understand the axis points of the complex spins and turns and the physical motions.
2)yes it did make it easier for me to understand. But I don't want to try because I am afraid I might slip and fall like that guy fell on his bum in the video.
3)It sure really has really changed seeing the skating people on figure skates.
4)Nah.
Me and my family go ice skating a lot we even have our own skates. I would like to try some of the laws of physics I liked the part when they said that when you spin with your hands wide open you spin slowly an as you close your hands you go faster and faster. It helped me understand that figure skating is way harder then it seems. my ideas about the Olympics changed because now I see that most of the sports in the Olympics are way harder then they seem.
The video that I watched was Figure out of Figure Skating. It was all about figure skating And I personally want to do this when i grow up. When i watched the video it made it a lot easier to understand how figure skaters do what they do in the Olympics. this was because it showed one very famous skater doing tricks in slow motion. i showed this video to my brothers and Sawyer said i wish my big sister would do this... in the end i really want to do this when i grow up.
1. I like watching figure skating but I would never like to try it.
2 Its still hard to see how the skaters get enough hight to stay in the air.
3 Yes. I never thought of there being science in figure skating. I also never knew the skaters used axis.
4 I do not have any further comments
I watched the video on snowboarding and yes this is a sport I would like to try. I think that the video showed me how snowboarders do all those the tricks and now I understand why they keep the half pipe the size that it is. I defiantly can see how hard the sports really are and how good the Olympic athletes really are.
Seeing these videos really got me understanding how athletes core to try one I would do figure skating , because of it's grace , but of course I would have to learn the simple rules of ice skating before I try it . I really have respect for the people who train in the olympic's because after seeing the video I realize that it is harder then it seems .
I was really disappointed because each link brought me to the same video...FIGURE SKATING!! To be honest I really don't like figure skating and wanted to watch the video about snowboarding.
This is not a sport I want to try although I do like ice skating. Figure skating looks very complicated and second, I would probably fall on the ice, a lot. The video made the tricks seem even more complicated! Although, I can now see how hard the athlete practices and how much science goes into making her better.
I REALLY WANTED TO SEE SNOWBOARDING! That is a sport I want to try!
I saw the video on making faster and safer bobsleds. I thought that bobsledding looked fun when I was watching the Olympics, but after I watched the video it made me not want to do it because I don’t want to risk my life doing it. Watching the video did not make it easier for me to understand how the athletes do it, because the video only talks about trying to figure out how to make the bobsleds, so they are faster and safer. My idea of the Olympics and the athletes has not changed after watching the video. i think that the bobsled they were showing in the video looked cool.
What I learn is that you need to do practice on the sport you like.
Q1:Rachel Flat loved doing ice skating, my opinion is that I wouldn't like to do it.
Q2:The demands of training for the Olympics has to compete with others and they use a special high speed camera.
Q3:When I didn't see the video I thought it was boring but now that I think of it, it looks kind of fun.
Q4:I have 1 thought, you should try something before you say something.
Q 1:I always loved ice skating ice skating is my favorite sport next to basketball.
Q 2:The video makes it much more easier to understand how they do the sport . They make it easier by showing you what they do step by step
Q 3:My idea about the olympics has not changed I still think it is the most awesome thing in the world
Q 4 :I have no additional comments.
I watched the figure skating video. I am a pretty good skater but I do not want to try figure skating because I don't dance, and figure skating is like dancing. It looks pretty cool, though. The video helped me understand how figure skaters can have so much speed and balance. My idea of the Olympics has not changed.
Jaela A
I would go figue skating, after seeing all the videos. Old do that. It is really about having balance and being graceful. I would like to learn the rules because I would not want to hurt my self In front of anybody!
I chose one of the video,s and I chose Snowboarding. Snowboarding is a difficult winter sport, though it is somehow like skiing. ( i had experience with skiing ) and now I know how fun and - at the same time -dangerous snowboarding is. What I learned from the video is that snowboarding can be filled with excitement and entertainment when you know how to control what you are doing. Stay safe, be awesome, and enjoy yourself.
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