Field Trip to the Ski Museum

My class and another fourth grade class had the opportunity to go on a field trip to the ski museum in Park City. It was so cool. First we learned about the history of skiing, some Utah history, and the water cycle and how important snow is to us and the economy. Then we got to watch the skeleton sledders who are training for the Olympics practice on the big luge slide. (The same slide that bobsledders use). The athletes were going as fast as 80 miles an our. I tried to take a video the first time, but hit my camera button too slow. I was able to get a video the next time. We went to the top where the athletes begin their slide. There we met the actual bobsled coach of which the movie, "Cool Runnings," was based off of.

After seeing the athletes train, we went to the high jump. It was cool to look down at the steep hill filled with snow. One picture shows one of my students at the top of the hill where jumpers begin. (I blurred out his face and some of my other student's faces because I do not have their parents permission to post their pictures on the internet).

Next we ate lunch, during which, a past Olympian came and talked with the students. He answer many questions about the Olympics, about his training, and other random stuff. Overall, it was really fun field trip and my students were very well behaved. (Well, all except one, bless his heart). The bus ride back to the school was kind of long. The student I was sitting next to fell asleep, and I wanted to fall asleep, too.