We are doing inquiry projects based on the Olympics, here are our project topics:
How is Greek Mythology linked to the Olympics?
| How does the diet of an Olympic runner compare to that of an Olympic swimmer? |
| How have the Olympics impacted society? |
| Why are people competing in the Olympic games? |
| Something with opening ceremonies |
| Will the Olympics ever die out? |
| How/Why does cheating occur? |
| What breed/height/gender/age of horse performs best? |
| What is the ideal body type for Olympic bobsled? |
| Why are the sports in the Olympics at all? Why not culture or something else? |
| How have major injuries changed snowboarding? |
| Has athletes success been contributed to by where they were raised? |
| Similar sports such as luge and bobsled, do they have the same injuries? If so, do they change the arena the same so the injuries don’t happen again? |
| Why do athletes use drugs? |
| How fast will humans be able to run? |
| Why do we bring nations together with sport? |
| How is the rate that new records are created different with different sports and different periods of time? Does the body have a limit for some sports? Can it ever be reached? |
| Why is jousting not in the Olympics? |
| What are the advantages and disadvantages to having the Games in your city? |
| Why were the Olympics originally started? |
| How do athletes from hot countries train for Winter Olympics? |
| What countries have won the most medals and why? |
| If the Olympics weren’t on TV, would more people go to watch the events or just not care anymore? |
| Is it talent or hard work that defines an Olympic medalist? |
| How did the Olympics get famous? |
| Why does the Olympics happen every 4 years? How does it impact training schedules? What if an athlete peaks between Games? |
| Why aren’t some sports included in the Olympics? |
| Why are some sports excluded or kicked out of the games? |
| Why are some countries more dominant that others overall? |
| How does hosting the Olympics change a city? |
| Why are people interested in the Olympics? |
| What is the average diet comparisons between different sports? Summer vs Winter? Why are they same/different? |
| What are the standards to training/competing at the Olympic level? |
| What influenced the Ancient Olympics? |
| How do the Olympics play into political tensions between nations? |
| How is society evolving to keep drugs out of the Olympics? |
| Should the Olympics be opened to younger athletes as well? |
| How has the drug use detecting developed throughout the years? Why do Olympians use drugs to win? |
| Is there anything the IOC can do to make the Olympics safer? |
| What are the most significant injuries and why? |
| How do the Olympics benefit sponsored restaurants? |