Vocabulary :

• theme park :
  = "amusement park with theme: an amusement park in which all of the entertainments and facilities are designed around a specific subject or idea"
  (encarta.msn.com)

• Amusement park (Wikipedia)
  1 History of amusement parks
  2 History of American theme parks
  3 Rides and Attractions
  3.1 Thrill rides 3.2 Roller coasters 3.3 Children's rides 3.4 Water rides
  4 Cuisine...

• AMUSEMENT PARKS : CLASSIFICATION OF AMUSEMENT PARKS (digilander.libero.it)
  WATER PARKS / MECHANICAL PARKS / THEME PARKS / EDUCATIONAL PARKS / MINIATURE PARKS /
  AMBIENT PARKS / FAMILY PLAYGROUND
  - with a VIDEO of CEDAR POINT PARK ( Ohio )
  - with LINKS to Amusement parks in the world and VIDEOS

• Roller coaster (Wikipedia)
  1 Mechanics
  2 History
  3 Safety
  4 Types of Roller Coasters
  5 Neuroscience of Roller coasters
  6 Major Roller coaster manufacturers...
  
  

• Rollercoaster Guide (CBBC)
  How does a rollercoaster work?
  Why does it feel so exciting?
  Where's the best place to sit?
  Where do rollercoasters come from?
  Are rollercoasters safe?
  Rollercoaster do's and don'ts
  Where can I find out more?

• BRITISH TO AMERICAN : Big Dipper = roller coaster (at a "Fun-Fair" = "Amusement Park")
  (uta.fi)

• The Twist (Wikipedia)
  "also known as the Twister, Cyclone, Sizzler, Scrambler or Grasscutter is a highly successful ride made up of three arms with clusters attached which have cars attached to them..."
  

Examples :

• World Joyland: The Warcraft/Starcraft-themed amusement park - Lots of photos
  Joyland is located in Changzhou, Jiangsu province.
  (shanghaiist.com)
  
  
  

  
  
  "If you love MMORPGs, particularly WOW and Starcraft, then you’d most certainly have a great time at China’s counterfeit theme park based around the epic Blizzard videogames."
  (neatorama.com)

  
  
  
  

  MORE information (consumerist.com)

  
  
  
• PAINTBALL :
  
  
• D-DAY Adventure Park - Paintball - Take a video tour. - Watch the trailer.
  (ddayadventurepark.com)

  Oklahoma D-Day - Videos
  ex : Paintball documentary : D-Day 2007 Ep 1 + Oklahoma D Day documentary 2007 Part 2
  (dailymotion.com)

  
  
  

  Oklahoma D-Day
  "is the world's largest scenario game of paintball that recreates events of World War II, held at Oklahoma's D-Day Adventure Park in Wyandotte, Oklahoma every June...
  The game seeks to faithfully recreate battles from the real  Normandy invasion, including Omaha beach, Utah beach, Sword Beach, Colleville, Sainte-Mère-Église, Caen, Pegasus Bridge, and Vierville.
  The game caters to an average of 4000 players a year, often run on the anniversary of the events being recreated. "
  (Wikipedia)
  
  



 

• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Now open at Universal Orlando
  - with a Flying Tour
  (universalorlando.com)

  
  
  

  The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - with Pictures and Videos
  (universalexcitement.com)
  
  
  
  

  See a slideshow.
  (20minutes.fr)
  
  

  The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
    "is an addition to Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida.
  The area's attractions are set in and around a recreation of Hogwarts School of
  Witchcraft and Wizardry and the nearby village of Hogsmeade.
  The park was officially opened to the public on June 18, 2010."
  (Wikipedia)

  
  
  

• Coney Island - The ups and downs of America's first amusement park
  Special Features / Film Clips / Timeline / Gallery / People and Events / Teacher's Guide
  (PBS)

  

• Dickens World
  "A $120m theme park that celebrates the life and writings of Charles Dickens has opened in Britain..."
  (BBC)

• A Charles Dickens theme park
  "opens in Kent soon, promising an authentic taste
  of the novelist's Victorian world..."
  (BBC)

• What are the tallest, fastest, longest Roller Coasters in the world?
  "Which Roller Coaster goes upside down the most? This Roller Coaster Record Book has the answers."
  Steel Roller Coasters / Shuttle Roller Coasters / Wood Roller Coasters
  + MORE ROLLER COASTER RECORDS :
  Stand-Up / Floorless / Inverted / Flying / Arrow Mega Looper...
  (ultimaterollercoaster.com)
  

• List of amusement parks (Wikipedia)

• Theme Parks (cybersleuth-kids.com) :
  Ferris Wheels - Merry Go Rounds - Model Towns and Villages - Roller Coasters - Six Flags Theme Parks - Water Parks
  

• WORLDWIDE RIDES: (ukrides.info)
  
  AUSTRALIA - EUROPE - JAPAN - USA
  
  

• List of theme parks in the United Kingdom (Wikipedia)

• UK Theme Parks (ukrides.info)
  + UK COASTERS + UK WATER RIDES + UK TOWER RIDES + UK SPIN RIDES + UK FAIRS + UK FAIR RIDES
  
  
  

• American Theme Parks and the Landscapes of Mass Culture (americansc.org.uk)
  Parks and American Popular Culture - The Origins of Disneyland -
  The Disney Theme Park Experience - The Magic Kingdom and Beyond -
  Re-inventing the Theme Park - Disney Parks and the Wider World -
  Shopping Malls as Theme Parks - Theme Parks and American Influences -
  Further Reading

• Roller Coaster Links (themeparkbrochures.net)

• Walt Disney World Theme Parks (disney.co.uk)
  
  

Cliparts :

Photos :

• The Rides (ride-extravaganza.com)
  
  

• PHOTO GALLERIES of theme & amusement parks (ukrides.info)

• Joyrides - a photo gallery celebrating the joy and beauty of amusement park rides, especially roller coasters!
  (eduplace.com)

• Joyrides (joyrides.com)
  "a photo gallery celebrating the joy and beauty of amusement park rides, especially roller coasters!"

Maps :

• A cartoon map for The American Adventure Theme Park (cartoonstudio.co.uk)
  
  

• Disneyland Park - a map (disneyland.disney.go.com)

  

• UK PARK MAPS (ukrides.info)

Listening :

• Listening - vocabulary - Use your mouse to see the words - avec son (languageguide.org)
  
  
  
• World's fastest rollercoaster opens (CBBC)
• Theme park screams annoy couple (CBBC)
• New theme park ride swings into action (CBBC)
  
  

Safety :

• Amusement Park Survival Guide (webmd.com)
  "How to have amusement park fun and avoid injury."
  
  
  
• What does continuous rollercoaster riding do to the body? (BBC)

• Theme park safety - an interactive quiz (themeparkinsider.com)

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• Theme parks (CBBC)
  
  

• Trivia Quiz: Amusement Parks (arcamax.com)

• Quizzes : Coasters & Theme Parks (funtrivia.com)
  
  

• Theme park safety - an interactive quiz (themeparkinsider.com)

• Alton Towers Theme Park
  "This quiz is based on all history of Alton Towers theme park up to, and including, the year 2002.
  Alton Towers is the number one theme park in the United Kingdom!"
  (funtrivia.com)

• What kind of Amusement Park ride are you? (youthink.com)

Exercises TO PRINT :

• Sample Theme Park Map (eduplace.com)
  "Use this sample map to help you develop your own theme park."
  
  

• Funfair rides (British Council)
  

• How much do you know about Harry Potter's World of Magic Theme Park? (angelfire.com)
  - with answers

Lesson plans :

• Disneyland celebrates 50th birthday - a lesson plan - present perfect (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  - with "a news article, listening (MP3 file), communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."

  

Webquests :

• ATTRACTIONS : Treasure Hunt (babelnet.sbg.ac.at)
  

Games TO PRINT :

• Test your knowledge of amusement parks with a crossword - with Answer Key (eduplace.com)

• Amusement parks - word search to print - easy (eduplace.com)
  Idem - intermediate (eduplace.com)

Stories :

• THEME PARK ADVENTURE - An Interactive Story (Primary Resources)

  

• Leprechauns at the Amusement Park (edhelper.com)
  
  
  
• Tiger Aki at the funfair - interactive storybook - animated story with sound (easy)
  (esnips.com)
  
  

Cartoons :

My wallet! (msnbc.msn.com)

Reclaim stomachs here (offthemark.com)

Songs :

• Life is a roller coaster by Ronan Keating

• Roller Coaster by Quorthon

Videos :

• Paintball documentary : D-Day 2007 Ep 1 + Oklahoma D Day documentary 2007 Part 2
  (dailymotion.com)

  

• VIDEOS - WORLDWIDE (ukrides.info)

Cinema :

• Jurassic Park
  - "a 1993 American science fiction thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg  and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton.
  The film centers on the fictional Isla Nublar ..., in Costa Rica, where billionaire philanthropist John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) and a team of genetic scientists from his company have created an amusement park of cloned dinosaurs."
  (Wikipedia)