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Create an Award **Note: The Post-Visit Activities are meant to be guidelines. The teacher has the option of modifying them however they see fit. They provide several opportunities for extended classroom activities as well as group work. At school, brainstorm the different types of awards trophies, plaques, medals, ribbons, etc. Discuss the awards you saw at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Discuss shape, composition, colour, etc. Students may participate in a show and tell of trophies that are theirs, their siblings or other relatives. What award might be given in class? Academics, athletics, congeniality, citizenship, outstanding performance in... Design awards Paper mache over balloons, styrofoam cups, etc. give interesting shapes. Once completed, have an awards ceremony in the class where students can present awards, make speeches and have awards displayed throughout the classroom. Write an award story Although teams win trophies, the trophies have sometimes had adventures of their own. They have been left places and forgotten, dropped and dented, and have even had to have guards escort them around for their own safety. Write a story about a particular trophy s adventure. Your title could be WHY I LOVE BEING THE STANLEY CUP MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT OUCH- THAT HURTS PAL... WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE FORGOTTEN At school, create your own hockey cards. 45 Post-Visit Activity #1
Create Your Own Hockey Card Tools: Camera Hockey equipment Instructions: Take each student s picture in an action pose. Have students create their own hockey card- they may be actual or fanciful. Students to include name, hometown, seasons of play or other criteria deemed important. Hockey card ideas Hockey mobiles Matching contest-match the biography to the face. Create a classroom hall of fame Students may have a contest to determine the false statements. Have students complete five pieces of information on cards where four items are truthful and one is false. Students are to determine the false fact. 46 Post-Visit Activity #2
A Museum About You! You have been appointed curator of a museum about yourself! It is up to you to decide what people will see when they come to visit your museum. First, create different zones similar to those you saw during your visit to the Hockey Hall of Fame. For example, you might have a Family Zone or a Sports Zone. Using the table below or a separate piece of paper, list the zones you have chosen as headings. Under each heading, make a list of a few objects or people you would want to include in each zone. For example, in the Family Zone, you might want to put pictures of your parents, brothers and sisters or pets. In the Sports Zone, you might want to display your soccer jersey or your first pair of skates. Think about all the artifacts you saw while you were at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Each one had a special story or memory behind it. Try to choose objects that have special meaning in your life. Family Zone Friends Zone Sports Zone Awards Zone Zone Zone Zone Zone Teachers: Honour each student s Hall of Fame displaying their artifacts weekly. 47 Post-Visit Activity #3
A Museum About You! For each of the zones you decide on, collect photographs, cut out pictures from magazines or draw pictures of all the objects you listed in the table above. For each artifact, write a few sentences on a blank sheet of paper describing why it is special to you. When you are ready, assemble all the pictures and their descriptions and arrange them on a piece of bristol board or in a scrapbook. Make sure you keep all the artifacts from the same zone together. Optional: Design a layout for your museum. Where would you put each zone? Would you have a gift shop? A snack bar? Games? Draw in the route you think people should take to be sure they see everything. Create an advertisement for your museum. What do you have at your museum that would attract people to come and visit? What are the admission prices? What time does it open and close? 48 Post-Visit Activity #3
Create a Story 1. Allow students to create the story by completing the blanks. 2. Have students create a silly story. After filling in the blanks have each student read their story to a partner. Complete the following blanks using the correct part of language: The All-Star One of the greatest stars of the game of hockey was. Born in person in classroom in, he/she didn t start skating until the age of. Country year number He/she had a slapshot which goalies compared to being hit with a adjective speeding. His/her skating abilities earned him/her the nickname noun Flying. He/she still holds several league records, including the noun feat of scoring goals in a single game. Adjective number When he/she retired, he/she took up coaching and led his/her team adverb to two league championships. Younger fans may remember him/her from several TV commercials, advertising everything from Cola to adjective adjective. He/she was honoured in 1998, when his/her team retired plural noun his/her number and raised his/her to the rafters of their arena. number article of clothing The Goalie Ice hockey goalies are among the athletes in professional sports. adjective + est They throw their bodies in front of pucks being fired at km/h. Adverb number Sometimes these shots are screened by a maze of sticks, skates and. Goalies are protected by several layers of which plural noun noun fits around the player s body. Leg pads are often stuffed with adverb foam to allow goalies to freely. The goalies plural noun verb skates have protection around the boot like the shell of a. You can animal tell a lot about the personality of a goalie from the paintings on their helmet. Some goalies decorate their masks with elaborate paintings of eagles, sharks, lightning bolts or. Goalies are often the of a plural noun part of the body team. A goalie can make a bad team good, and a adjective adjective goalie can make a good team. adjective 49 Post-Visit Activity #4
Create a Story The Interview Q. Welcome, sports fans. With us today is hockey all-star. person in the classroom Thank you for joining us. A. No problem. Q. You are having a season so far, how do you explain it? adjective A. Well, I ve had a lot of luck this year. The team is adjective playing and, basically, we are just taking things one adverb at a time. noun Q. The average age of your team is. Do you think that has something noun to do with it? A. Absolutely, when the players have been around that long, they know how to put the puck in the back of the. noun Q. With the playoffs approaching, do you change any of your routines? A. No, not really. On off-days, I still like to do a little, I spend Verb + -ing some time on the stationary. I eat two bowls of noun plural noun five hours before game time to give me energy. Q. Any advice for the kids out there? A. Sure, work hard, always listen to your and always, always noun give % on the ice. number 5 Post-Visit Activity #4
The Championship Create a Story Last night the Toronto and the Montreal faced plural noun plural noun off to decide the winner of this year s championship. Montreal scoring star opened the scoring with a wrist shot to the famous person adjective top corner. The Toronto team skated like and managed to tie plural noun the score late in the second period. The third period was a goaltenders duel. Toronto goalie made several saves, but the Somebody in the classroom adjectives Montreal goalie managed to get his/her in the way of every part of the body Toronto shot. Overtime started. The defensive play was adverb but after gruelling minutes of overtime, Toronto adjective number scored on a goal. The series was over. adjective Toronto coach said, This was one of the name of teacher adjective games I have ever been involved in. The Coach All right, listen up so far our effort has been pretty out adjective there. We need a lot more in their zone, especially on the verb power play. If you have the puck in the neutral zone, either pass it up or dump it in do not with it or we ll be in trouble. We look like verb in the corners and a couple of times they caught us flatplural noun. They bring it up the ice, so we should be able to noun adverb knock em down like as soon as they hit the blue line. noun Now it looks like has a Person noun, and he/she will probably be out of the line-up for up to weeks, so the rest of us need to step up our games a bit. We can win number this. We ve been in situations like this before and you have to adjective handle it. This is no different. So go out there and noun verb your hearts out! 51 Post-Visit Activity #4
Create a Poster Make a poster about your favourite hockey player. Tell why this is your favourite player. students can work alone or in pairs they can be posted and displayed throughout the classroom work can be done on bristol board 52 Post-Visit Activity #5
Create a Scrapbook Make a hockey scrapbook. Use a workbook or put your own book together. Here are some things you might put in your book. Hockey teams Team Standings Equipment Players Training Leagues Rules Hockey Stories Awards (i.e. Stanley Cup) You can use hockey cards and pictures from newspapers and magazines, or you can visit www.hhof.com for ideas. Make an interesting cover for your scapbook. 53 Post-Visit Activity #6
Play the Hockey Word Game #1 Write down each letter of the alphabet. Try to think of a hockey word for each letter. See how many you can get. You may be able to think of several words for some of the letters. For the letters that you are unable to find answers for, create your own word and describe what it means. *students may work in pairs Assist A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 54 Post-Visit Activity #7
School Hockey Fun Imagine that your school had its very own hockey team and you are the Owner. Fill in the blanks below. Team name: Number of Players: What other teams would be in your league: 55 Post-Visit Activity #8
To Russia with Hockey You are going to Russia with Team Canada! Before you go, it would be interesting to know about the country you will visit. Here are some things to find out about this country: Size Climate Food Culture Government Industry Population Major cities Customs Currency Agriculture When you have learned something about RUSSIA, design a travel folder which will contain information useful for your fellow travellers. 56 Post-Visit Activity #9
NHL City Stats Many cities have teams in the NHL. How much do you know about these cities? Complete this chart about cities in the NHL: City Population Location Special Features City Population Location Special features Montreal Toronto New York Buffalo Chicago Detroit Boston 57 Post-Visit Activity #1
Create a New Hockey Team You are the owner of a new hockey team being formed in your community. There will be a lot of decisions for you to make with respect to the team. 1. What will the name of your team be? 2. Prepare a radio commercial that will advertise your team. 3. What city will you play out of and why? 4. What will be the name of your home arena? 58 Post-Visit Activity #11
Create a New Hockey Team 3. Design your team crest: 4. Chose your team colours and design a uniform using these colours: Colours: Front Back 59 Post-Visit Activity #11
Hockey Puzzle #1 The National Hockey League presents several awards at the conclusion of each season. With these awards also comes a cash prize. This table shows the cash prize awarded in 24 compared to 1968: Award 26 Winner 1968 Winner Hart Trophy The League MVP $1, $1 Lady Byng Trophy Most Sportsmanlike $1, $1 Norris Trophy Top Defenceman $1, $1 Calder Trophy Rookie of The Year $1, $1 Art Ross Trophy Scoring Leader $1, $1 Conn Smythe Trophy Playoff MVP $1, $1,5 First Team All-Star $1, $1, Second Team All-Star $5, $5 The winners in 26 won a lot more money than they would have almost 4 years earlier. About how many times more? Figure it out for each award and runner-up. At this pace, how much would each winner get 4 years from now? Answers on page 79 6 Post-Visit Activity #12
Hockey Puzzle #2 This is a table that shows awards won by four Hall of Famers: Player: Mario Lemieux Gordie Howe Wayne Gretzky Bobby Orr Hart Trophy 3 6 9 3 Lady Byng Trophy 5 Norris Trophy 8 Calder Trophy 1 1 Art Ross Trophy 6 6 1 2 Conn Smythe Trophy 2 2 2 First Team All-Star 5 12 8 8 Second Team All- Star 4 9 7 1 Using the table in puzzle #1, calculate how much money each player has won using the 26 and 1968 rates. Answers on page 79 61 Post-Visit Activity #12
Hockey Puzzle #3 This table charts the careers of six Hall of Fame goaltenders: Goalie Games played Minutes played Wins Losses Shutouts Stanley Cups Gump Worsley Jacques Plante Tony Esposito Terry Sawchuk Harry Lumley 861 5,183 335 352 43 4 837 49,533 434 247 82 6 886 52,585 423 36 76 1 971 57,228 447 33 13 4 84 48,14 33 329 71 1 Glenn Hall 96 53,484 47 326 84 1 a) List the goalies in order of minutes played. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. b) Calculate and determine which goalie won the highest percentage of games played. c) Using the information you are given, calculate the number of tie games each player has been involved in. How did you get your answer? Answers on page 8 62 Post-Visit Activity #13
Hockey Puzzle #4 1. Your cousin asks you to buy raffle tickets to support her hockey team. The tickets are 75 cents each, and if you buy three, you get one free. You give her $6.. How many tickets would you end up with? Show your work. 2. In the 23-4 regular season, Mats Sundin recorded 31 goals and finished with a total of 75 points. How many assists did he have that same season? Answers on page 8 63 Post-Visit Activity #14
Pictures Speak Select 4 or 5 of your favourite images of Rusty. Cut each image out and arrange them to create a scenario on the ice. Below each image describe what is happening. 64 Post-Visit Activity #15
Pictures Speak Select 4 or 5 of your favourite images of Rusty. Cut each image out and arrange them to create a scenario on the ice. Below each image describe what is happening. 65 Post-Visit Activity #15
Pictures Speak Select 4 or 5 of your favourite images of Rusty. Cut each image out and arrange them to create a scenario on the ice. Below each image describe what is happening. 66 Post-Visit Activity #15
Pictures Speak Select 4 or 5 of your favourite images of Rusty. Cut each image out and arrange them to create a scenario on the ice. Below each image describe what is happening. 67 Post-Visit Activity #15
Pictures Speak Paste your images of Rusty in the following boxes and describe what is happening. 68 Post-Visit Activity #15
Hockey World Map Connect each team s logo to the appropriate country. (Hint: use the similar Hall Visit Activity to assist you) Answers on page 81 69 Post-Visit Activity #16
Answers Answers to Post-Visit activities Hockey Puzzle #1 & 2 (page 6-61) 26/1968 rates Player: Mario Lemieux Gordie Howe Wayne Gretzky Bobby Orr Hart Trophy $3, $3, $6, $6, $9, $4,5 $3, $3, Lady Byng Trophy $5, $2, Norris Trophy $8, $8, Calder Trophy $1, $1, $1, $1, Art Ross Trophy $6, $6, $6, $6, $1, $1, $2, $2, Conn Smythe Trophy $2, $3, $2, $3, $2, $3, First Team All-Star $5, $5, $12, $12, $8, $8, $8, $8, Second Team All- Star $2, $2, $45, $4,5 $35, $3,5 $5, $5 Totals $19, $285, $375, $245, $2, $28,5 $31, $25,5 Various answers can be accepted depending upon explanation. Based on the criteria of comparing each individual to each other and the 26 and 1968 rates, the most suitable type of graph would be a bar graph. 79
Answers Hockey Puzzle #3 (page 62) a) 1) Terry Sawchuck 2) Glenn Hall 3) Tony Esposito 4) Gump Worsley 5) Jacques Plante 6) Harry Lumley To answer questions b) and c), the best way to organize the information is using a chart Goalie Games played Wins Losses Ties Winning percentage Gump Worsley Jacques Plante 861 335 352 174.389 837 434 247 156.519 Tony Esposito 886 423 36 157.477 Terry Sawchuk 971 447 33 194.46 Harry Lumley 84 33 329 145.41 Glenn Hall 96 47 326 173.449 c) Answer is achieved by adding the number of wins and number of losses together and then subtract the result from the total number of games played. Hockey Puzzle #4 (page 63) 1. If you buy 3 tickets for $2.25, you receive 4 tickets. $2.25 = 4 tickets $1.5 = 2 tickets $6. = 1 tickets Or, divide $6. by.75 and get 8 tickets purchased. For every 3, add one more to get a total of 8 + 2 =1. 2. Subtract the number of goals scored from the total number of points recorded to find the number of assists. 75 (points) 31 (goals) = 44 (assists) 8
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