Thursday, July 19, 2012

What we want to find out about the Olympics

Yesterday Room 20 posted these questions on a Wallwisher I created for our class. I am impressed by how the class asked effective questions. This is a skill we have been practising in reading.

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Challenge: research and answer any of these questions. Put your answer and a possible link in as a comment.

4 comments:

  1. Wow I really enjoyed this Wall-Wisher,it was fun.

    There are 26 different sports in the Olympics. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_sports)

    My answer is on this link http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_the_first_olympic_torch

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  2. Cool Everyone!
    I have an answer to...
    Who created the Olympics and why? Here is the link http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Olympics/.
    Well done!

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  3. Wow they are some good questions. I have an answer to Bianca's question how many game are there in the Olympics? The answer is 300 events in 26 sports at the 2012 Olympics her is the link to where I got the answer http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_sports_and_events_are_in_the_Olympics

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  4. This is so cool. I love the Olympics. I have an answer to Charlotte How many countries enter the Olympics? They are There are 204 countries that are competing in Olympics for 2012 London. Afghanistan
    Albania
    Andorra
    Antigua and Barbuda
    Angola
    Algeria
    Argentina
    Armenia
    Aruba
    Australia
    Austria
    Azerbaijan
    Bahamas
    Bangladesh
    Barbados
    Burundi
    Belgium
    Belize
    Benin
    Bermuda
    Bhutan
    Bolivia
    Bosnia-Herzegovina
    Bahrain
    Botswana
    Belarus
    Brazil
    British Virgin Islands
    Bulgaria
    Burkina Faso
    Cameroon
    Cambodia
    Canada
    Cayman Islands
    Central Africa
    Chad
    Chile
    China Republic
    Chinese Taipei
    Colombia
    Comoros
    Cape Verde
    Congo
    Cook Islands
    Costa Rica
    Cote-d´lvoire
    Croatia
    Cuba
    Cyprus
    Czech Republic
    Denmark
    Djibouti
    Dominica
    Dominican Republic
    Ecuador
    Arab Rep. of Egypt
    El Salvador
    Equatorial Guinea
    Eritrea
    Estonia
    Ethiopia
    Fiji
    Finland
    France
    Gabon
    The Gambia
    Germany
    Ghana
    Great Britain
    Guinea-Bissau
    Georgia
    Greece
    Grenada
    Guam
    Guatemala
    Guinea
    Guyana
    Haiti
    Honduras
    Hong Kong
    Hungary
    Iceland
    India
    Indonesia
    Iran
    Iraq
    Ireland
    Italy
    Israel
    Ivory Coast
    Jamaica
    Japan
    Jordon
    Kazakhstan
    Kyrgyzstan
    Kenya
    Korea people Republic
    Korea Democratic People Republic
    Kuwait
    Laos
    Latvia
    Saint Lucia
    Lebanon
    Lesotho
    Libya
    Lichtenstein
    Luxembourg
    Rep. of Macedonia
    Madagascar
    Malawi
    Malaysia
    Rep. of Moldova
    Marshall Islands
    Maldives
    Malta
    Mali
    Mauritania
    Mauritius
    Mexico
    Micronesia
    Monaco
    Montenegro
    Mongolia
    Morocco
    Mozambique
    Myanmar
    Namibia
    Nauru
    Nepal
    Netherlands
    Netherlands Antilles
    New Zealand
    Nicaragua
    Niger
    Niger
    Norway
    Oman
    Pakistan
    Palau
    Panama
    Papua New Guinea
    Palestine
    Paraguay
    Peru
    Philippines
    Poland
    Portugal
    Puerto Rico
    Qatar
    Rhodesia
    Romania
    Rwanda
    Saint Lucia
    St. Vincent & Gr.
    Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Samoa
    American Samoa
    Western Samoa
    San Marino
    Sao Tome and Principe
    Saudi Arabia
    Seychelles
    Sierra Leone
    Senegal
    Slovenia
    Solomon Islands
    South Africa
    Sri Lanka
    Slovakia
    Swaziland
    Serbia
    Singapore
    Spain
    Sudan
    Surinam
    Syria
    Sweden
    Switzerland
    Tanzania
    Tonga
    Thailand
    Togo
    Trinidad & Tobago
    Tajikistan
    Timor-Leste
    Turkmenistan
    Tunisia
    Turkey
    Tuvalu
    Uganda
    Ukraine
    Unified Team
    United Arab Emirates
    U.S.S.R.
    U.S.A.
    US Virgin Islands
    Uruguay
    Uzbekistan
    Vanuatu
    Venezuela
    Vietnam
    Yemen
    Zambia
    Zimbabwe

    Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_countries_are_involved_in_the_2012_Olympics#ixzz216XC62H2

    Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_countries_are_involved_in_the_2012_Olympics#ixzz216Wn1UIs

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