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For the winter olympics I was required to make a bobsled ,ski jump , and curling.I worked with a partner and my partner for the bobsled was Avery.For the ski jump I worked with Addie for the ski jump, and for the curling i worked with Katlyn.From the curling Learned that putting a penny in some tin foil slides really well on plastic wrap.For bobsled I learned that maybe putting straws on the bottom would have slid better.Finally for the ski jump I learned that maybe putting a little more weight on it would keep it from flopping all over the place.If I did this activity again I would put the materials in different places.

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Olympic Ski Jumping 2014: Complete Guide for Sochi Winter Olympics

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Ski jumpers have already made history in Sochi. That's because for the first time in 90 years of Winter Olympic competition, women will compete in the ski jump...

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Her latest soccer tournament had just wrapped up, so 15-year-old Becca Hamilton went with her parents to watch older brother Matt finish competing in a curling event.

After the match, and before everyone piled into the car to head home, Matt's coach made Becca come down to the ice and throw a stone or two before they could leave.

"I didn't really want to," Becca said. "I was playing other sports and I was happy doing that. But he made me come down and give it a try."

So, how did that work out, Becca?

"I didn't look back," Becca said. "I'm glad I tried it."

Twelve years later the brother and sister duo from McFarland, Wisconsin, are on the cusp of earning berths for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, at the U.S. Olympic Curing Team Trials that begin Saturday at Baxter Arena.

"She didn't really want to go down there, then she actually wanted to start playing," Matt said. "We're always competitive against each other, so I won't go easy on her. She's developed into a formidable curler."

This week the Hamiltons will cheer each other on as they vie for roster spots on the U.S. men's and women's teams. Becca Hamilton is the lead for Team Roth that also features Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson and Aileen Geving.

Matt Hamilton and his mustache - more on that in a moment - compete for Team Shuster, which is led by reigning national champion and three-time Olympian John Shuster. Hamilton plays second for the squad that also includes Tyler George, John Landsteiner and Joe Polo.

Next month in Blaine, Minnesota, Becca and Matt will team up to compete in mixed doubles, an event they won at the Curling Night in America event Aug. 26 at Baxter.

That's when local curling fans got to see just how much ham Matt Hamilton has in his game. Never mistaken for being shy, Hamilton is known for being a player who enjoys interacting with fans, and anyone else who will listen, during matches.

During the season Matt grows a mustache that only he seems to appreciate.

"My wife hates it, but it's my M.O. now," Matt said. "It's just a thing I do every curling season, then get rid of it in the offseason."

Becca Hamilton has learned to roll with big brother and how he can be more verbose than Foghorn Leghorn ever was in a Looney Tunes cartoon.

"Matt likes to take his little field trips and talk to the fans on the ice," Becca said. "We have our moments on the ice, too. There's constant communications, all teams do it.

"He likes to play to the crowd. I think if we both had that same ham chromosome, we wouldn't have that success on the ice. Me being there helps keep him level. He definitely has the more vibrant personality."

Finishing second at the U.S. National Championships earlier this year was one of those times when a dash of brother-sister conflict cost the Hamiltons a better chance at gold. Becca said lessons were learned and put into practice this season.

"Definitely a learning experience for us," Becca said. "We have our ups and downs when it comes to communicating because we're so honest with each other, more honest than most teammates. We're both looking for the same outcome; to be the best we can be."

Matt said those moments spent talking to others has a purpose.

"For me it's like a mental break," Matt said. "The games can be very stressful, so if I can take 15 seconds and be my natural self, then turn around and dial it back in, that's good. As long as I can dial back in, do what I do best, be a ham and have some fun, I'll be fine."

While their focus this week is on qualifying for the Olympics with their respective teams, it's easy to look ahead and think about the mixed double event in December because they see each other every day.

"I think the brother-sister thing helps a lot," Matt said. "We've bickered enough and fought enough that any sort of criticism isn't about being a jerk, it's to make her better. We don't have that filter with each other.

"We don't sugar coat anything, there's no need to beat around the bush. We're both competitive people, we want to win."

The Pyeongchang Games will be the first to have the mixed doubles competition, so playing as a doubles team is a relatively new experience as well for the Hamiltons.

That's why games against each other continue, to keep that edge for this week and December. While Matt is "pretty sure" he's never lost to Becca, little sister was shaking her head in disagreement.

"I have a very selective memory, so I'm going to go ahead and say no," Matt said. "She's disagreeing; she thinks she's beat me, but I don't think that's true."

As long as they can win this week and as a team next month, Becca can handle big brother's boasting.

"I don't really look at it as going into Olympic Trials," Becca said. "It's just another tournament. This has more on the line, but if we keep playing like we've been playing, we should have a good outcome."

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Banter breaks ice, aids siblings Matt and Becca Hamilton's success competing at U.S. Olympic curling team trials

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Her latest soccer tournament had just wrapped up, so 15-year-old Becca Hamilton went with her parents to watch older brother Matt finish competing in a curling event. After the match, and before everyone piled into the car to head home, Matt's coach made Becca come down to the ice and throw a stone or two before they could leave.

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The Winter Olympics is a series of outcomes determined by a matter of seconds. Any athlete on a stage this grand knows the value of time. Ask the Team Canada women's hockey team, who battled from a 2-0 deficit with 3:30 left in the third period to tie the game and win the gold medal in overtime, what they think of the value of a few seconds. I'm sure they can give an opinion.

But perhaps the greatest game of seconds will come tomorrow in one of the last events of the 2014 Sochi games on the track at the Sanki Sliding Center in Rzhanaya Polyana where the four-Man Bobsled competition will commence with the event's last two runs; a guaranteed nail biter.

As of right now, 0.17 seconds separates the top four bobsleds after the first two runs. The United States is in fourth, meaning tomorrow the team must find the way to make up for a time margin so small you miss it in the common blink of an eye.

Heading the American team is Steve Holcomb, the man looking to become the first in U.S. history to defend bobsledding gold. After Saturday it was apparent Holcomb knew the challenge ahead of him would not be an easy one: he will have to be perfect on each of the track's 17 curves come Sunday. But those who have watched him over the years know this is the kind of challenge he is capable of overcoming.

Holcomb stormed into the bobsledding world in 2004 steadily climbing the ranks of American bobsledders until he was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition that left him learning to feel the track, rather than actually seeing it clearly. After various successful procedures Holcomb lead his team to the 2009 World Championship, the first win for the US since 1959, and to gold in the 2010 Olympics.

On Sunday Holcomb and his team, Chris Fogt, Steve Langton and Curt Tomasevicz, will have to give one of the best split second efforts in Olympic history to make the podium. But as Fogt reminded reporters today, with Holcomb at the helm - anything is possible.
Jessica Bradley is an Anaheim Ducks writer for RantSports.com. Follow her on twitter @jessiebear23 or add her to your network on Google.

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Sochi Olympics 2014: USA Bobsled Team Has Chance at Gold With Steve Holcomb

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The Winter Olympics is a series of outcomes determined by a matter of seconds. Any athlete on a stage this grand knows the value of time. Ask the Team Canada women's hockey team, who battled from a 2-0 deficit with 3:30 left in the third period to tie the game and win the gold medal in overtime, what they think of the value of a few seconds.