Learn & Play Olympic Sports: Curriculum Guide for Teachers Grades 3, 4, and 5.

This curriculum guide is intended for teachers to use with students in grades 3, 4, and 5 and features lesson plans that focus on the Olympic Games. The guide is part of a larger program sponsored by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles that is targeted at southern California students, ages 8-10, who were born just before or after the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The lesson plans included in this guide are intended to be incorporated into the disciplines of mathematics, geography, language arts, science, social studies, and physical education. Lesson plan examples are: "Learning Geography through Olympic Flame Route" (geography) and "Calculating Amount of Calories and Energy Spent in Exercise" (mathematics). (Contains 30 references.) (DB)