Help with a school project - marathon swimming around the world
Hi,
My little girl aged 9 is doing a school project. It can be on any topic of their choice, but she has been guided to doing hers on marathon swimming! She has 3-4 weeks to do this and can get help with it, but she has to produce the actual display herself. It's a fairly large display area can include facts, props, photos etc.
Anyway, I can obviously help with information on the English Channel and some of the UK swims. However, we thought it would be fun to include some information on swims around the world. There is loads of info on this forum already, and obviously we can visit the websites of the various organisations.
However, I was wondering if anyone has some photos from swims around the world that they could send to me for inclusion (DM me for my email address) or if anyone has any snippets of information or ideas for items she can include. I wouldn't just grab someone's photos off the Internet without seeking permission to use them, but she would love to show some pictures of the overseas swims too.
It's a very interesting topic and she seems quite excited about doing it.
Many thanks for your help.
My little girl aged 9 is doing a school project. It can be on any topic of their choice, but she has been guided to doing hers on marathon swimming! She has 3-4 weeks to do this and can get help with it, but she has to produce the actual display herself. It's a fairly large display area can include facts, props, photos etc.
Anyway, I can obviously help with information on the English Channel and some of the UK swims. However, we thought it would be fun to include some information on swims around the world. There is loads of info on this forum already, and obviously we can visit the websites of the various organisations.
However, I was wondering if anyone has some photos from swims around the world that they could send to me for inclusion (DM me for my email address) or if anyone has any snippets of information or ideas for items she can include. I wouldn't just grab someone's photos off the Internet without seeking permission to use them, but she would love to show some pictures of the overseas swims too.
It's a very interesting topic and she seems quite excited about doing it.
Many thanks for your help.
Comments
There is stuff further down about MIMS 2011 and 2012 and Ederle 2011.
Hi Zoe, yes absolutely no problem for your daughter to pull off any pics she likes from my blog - the project was about swimming lessons for children in slums and rural areas in Bangladesh.
Thanks Niek for the referral.
Milko van Gool :-)
Milko
https://db.marathonswimmers.org/p/milko-van-gool/
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
You are welcome to any screen grabs from the swim videos off my oceanswimmr Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Oceanswimmr
These are mostly California swims (Catalina and Anacapa).
Me too, www.palfreymarathonswims.com
Penny
Penny Palfrey
http://www.palfreymarathonswims.com/cuba2012/
Molly Nance, Lincoln, Nebraska
Dear all,
I have been asked by my son's (8years old) teacher to present to the classroom my OWS activity, I figure in a way to underline specific values they might understand and use at their age.
I could say it is "my school project" and bumped into this thread which is somewhat similar.
I though to catch their attention with some with OWS videos etc and afterwards working around the following topics:
All of us have been children (some of us still are
) and some have experience working with children.
Could you please suggest some improvement to my key messages and how to emphasize them?
Thank you
A pretty serious approach, perhaps a little much and somewhat abstract for 8-year olds.
Don't forget to mix interesting bits in to keep their attention such as:
Milko
https://db.marathonswimmers.org/p/milko-van-gool/
I'd also add other things which fire their imagination, like big waves, getting close to tankers and container ships and swimming at night.
Hi Penny, it looks like you've lost control of the domain name ;-(
Great ideea Milko!!
thank you
Katie I need to fire my imagination also
) so far i have no experience with night swimming and container ships (my son would know i lie
)) ), but will steal from other's experience as to the available variety of conditions and risks these swims involve. Hmm .. maybe bring the ideea of how small we are but what great achievements are there
. Great! Thank you 