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WACKY OLYMPICS DURING GYM CLASSES

March 2 - 8, 2010

Upon entering the gym the class will be divided into 4 groups and be assigned a country to represent. The 4 countries are United States, Canada, Norway and Germany. The gym will divided into four areas and each will be marked with the flag of one of the 4 countries. Each team will start the “WO” at the area corresponding to their country. The event will begin with each parent volunteer explaining the event challenge. Each group will spend about 7 minutes at each event. The number of trials will depend on the group. Have students do as many as possible within the allotted time.

Event sheets will be carried by each team to all the events so that times may be recorded. Stop watches and scoring sheets will be provided.

**__ ROLLER RACER __** This event is a timed event much like a relay race with each Olympic athlete having an opportunity to move the roller racer around the designated course. This event is a team effort attempting to have all athletes complete the course in the shortest elapsed time.

**__ MAGIC MASCOTT __** The event is also a timed event where each athlete will be given a “Magic Mascot. On the start signal each athlete will hold the sheet with the mascot drawn on it and run around their area attempting to keep the mascot on without holding it. Once an athlete drops his/her mascot they pick it up and sit down. The timer keeps the clock going until all Mascots have fallen. The 3 longest elapsed times will kept on the event sheet.

**__ SCOOTER SLALOM __** The scooter relay is a timed event where the athlete navigates a slalom course marked on the floor with domes. Each athlete will sit on the scooter and propel themselves backwards. The team will use a scooter to complete the course one athlete at a time in the shortest elapsed time.

**__ SCOOTERS RELAY __** This event requires navigating a straight line pathway between 2 designated points. At the point farthest away from the starting line each athlete will be required to do a 360 degree turn before returning to the start line. The athletes will lie down on their stomachs for this race. The total team shortest elapsed time is the goal.

Thank you Mrs. Stevens for creating such a fun conclusion to our program.