Animalympics

Learning Objective To explore and compare athletic differences between humans and animals.

Steps for success To debate findings and award medals to the most deserving animals. To design your own gold medal winning animal based on adaptations.

Discuss In pairs, decide which of the following is the most important when competing in a sporting event Speed Distance Strength Endurance Skill Explain why you think this is the most important.

Welcome to the Animalympics! You have been chosen to compete in the Animalympics Your job is to find or design an animal that would beat a record-breaking human in a race. Your animal must belong to the same category as the human: Land, Sea or Air. Fill in your contender card with your chosen animal, as illustrated on the following slides. In groups, decide which animal in your category deserves a gold, silver or bronze medal Good Luck!

Draw or stick a picture of your animal here Contender card The flag of the athlete’s country’ Find the flag of your animal’s country Draw or stick a picture of your animal here Their record speed/distance/time The name of the event

Who has won in your event? Body slide Logo only on white In event groups, decide which of your animal contenders deserve gold, silver or bronze medals

Who has won overall? As a class, gather all of the gold medal winners in each event together and decide who deserves the overall gold, silver and bronze medals. Body slide Picture on right, white strapline. Note: if the strapline doesn’t standout against your picture, try the title slide that has the logo with strapline. Failing that, select an alternative picture.

How did you decide? Was there a clear winner? Did everyone agree? Which were the most/least important factors? Which medal was the easiest to pick?