UNIT 7

Task 1: Sports equipment. 

Match these items with a sport:

Goggles, parachute, sword, saddle, harness, flipper, shin pad, wetsuit, .  A referee is not an item but a person. Can you describe what s/he does?

TASK 2: CREATE YOUR OWN SPORT!!

1)NUMBER OF PLAYERS

2) EQUIPMENT NEEDED (You can use the materials that we have at school for the PE class)

3) VENUE

4) RULES

5) DRAWING (On a cardboard)

Task 3: Meet the paraplympic athletes.Surf this website and find:

• Who?
• Nationality
• Born
• Athletics
• Type of impairment
• Origin of impairment
• When and where did s/he begin this sport?
• Why? 

Task 4: Choose one of these three topics: 1. History of sports.
Choose a sport an find:

1. When did the sport begin?
2. Who started it? Was it a person or a group of people?
3. Where did it start? (country)
4. Why did it begin? (fun or competition)
5. Early rules and materials
6. How has it changed? 

This website will help you.

2. Olympic Games.
Surf this web and find interesting information about the Olympics.

3. Getting to know famous athletes.
Do you want to learn about these historical figures in sports?

• Jesse Owens
• Michael Phelps
• Nadia Comaneci
• Jim Thrope
• Abebe Bikila
• Daley Thompson
• Albert Juantorena
• Wilma Rudolph
• Fanny Blankers-Koen
• James Connolly

 Find out relevant facts about them here and have a look at their biographies here.