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Winter Olympics in Torino, Itally 2006

• Canadian Olympic Committee
  http://www.olympic.ca/EN/index.shtml
  • Olympic Sports
  • Send an e-greeting to the Candian Olympic Team
  • Olympic Schedule for the Canadian Team
    
    
• Canadian Olympic Association
  http://www.coa.ca/default.htm
  
  
• Canadian Olympians
  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/olympians/index-e.html
  The history of Canadiian Olympic Sport.
  
  
• Official Site of the Olympic Movement
  http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
  
  
• Olympic News
  http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1575#
  Medal information.
  
  
• NBC Olympics
  http://www.nbcolympics.com/index.html
  Coverage of the olympics.
  
  
• ESPN
  http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/index
  
  
• Factmonster
  http://www.factmonster.com/spot/winter-olympics.html
  2006 Olympics
  
  
• Around the Rings
  http://www.aroundtherings.com/
  Independent source of workd sports.
  

Lesson Plans

• Winter Olympics for Kids
  http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/winterolympics.htm
  Great links including cyberhunts.
  
  
• Canadian Olympic School Program
  http://olympicschool.ca/
  Register for free to access Lesson plans, teacher support, assessment.
  
  
• An Educator's Resource to the Olympic Games
  http://www.greekembassy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=3&folder=95&article=13171
  Many excellent links for studying the Olympics.
  • Olympic Games Activity Book K-3 (49 page pdf file)
  • Olympic Games 2004 Activity Book Grades 3-8 (64 page pdf file)
  • Olympic GlimpseA 40-page, highly illustrated album for a quick understanding of the basic elements and principles of the Olympic Games.
    
    
• Athens 2004- Educatinal Programming in Olympisim
  http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/page/youthinternal?lang=en&cid=1be88e6eb3c59f00VgnVCMServer28130b0aRCRD
  • Olympic Educational Material - Lesson Plans
    
    
• Olympic Curriculum Guide
  http://www.aafla.org/6oic/curric_frmst.htm
  Lessons in pdf files for Social Studies and Geography, math and science, language arts, and art.
  • Online Games
    
    
• Canadian Olympic Resource Kit
  http://www.olympic.ca/EN/education/ork.shtml
  Cross-curricular activities for students. Download the pdf files for printing.
  
  
• Sport & Science
  http://btc.montana.edu/olympics/default.htm
  Winter Olympics
  Interesting lessons with online reading material connecting scince, health and the biomechanics of physiical education.
  
  
• Olympic Poster Design
  http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/lesson_plans/lp/?lp=lp8
  Students design their own poster to celebrate the Olympics.
  • Summer Olympic Posters- 1896-2000
  • Winter Olympics - 1924-1998
    
    
• Action Figure Collages
  http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/Lessons/7-desles.htm
  Art activity and links for more ...
  • Art About Sports
  • Olympics Reduction Linoleum Prints -with assessment
  • Oval and Action Figures
    
    
• Cretan or Classical Maze
  http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/maze/cretan.htm
  History of classical mazes and and explantion of how to make your own maze.
  
  
• Summer Olympic Sports
  http://www.pocanticohills.org/olympics/summerolympics2.htm
  Listing of and explanations of sports at the summer Olympic Games.
  • Ancient Olympic Cyberhunt - printable worksheet with clickable links.
    
    
• Wacky Olympics
  http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=2247
  Stations for a field day are provided.
  
  
• Go For the Gold
  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/index.htm
  Online activities with easy reading resources.
  • Teacher's Guide - Lesson plans with pdf worksheets and assessment and evaluation.
    
    
• Gateway to the summer games - Olympic World
  http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/lesson_plans/efg/
  14 lesson plans.
  
  
• Gold Medal Olympic Activities - Education World
  http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson201.shtml
  Excellent collection of ready to teach lessons and actvities for research or the active classroom.
  
  
• Summer Olympics Resource Page
  http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/summerolympics.php
  Massive collection of lesson plans and worksheets.
  
  
• A toZ Teacher Stuff - Olympics
  http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Olympics/index.shtml
  Lesson plans listed some with links and worksheets attached.
  
  
• Time for Kids - Covering the Summer Olympics
  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2004S/040507NS.pdf
  4 page pdf file lesson plan.
  
  
• Mr. Donn's Sumulation Unit- Ancient Greek Olympics
  http://members.aol.com/MrDonnUnits/GreekOlympics.html
  Lessons and online infomation (easy to read).
  
  
• Olympic Friends
  http://www.makingfriends.com/friends/f+olympic.htm
  Printable activities.
  
• Education Site for Olympics
  http://2002.uen.org/
  Click on the Red Circle marked REACH to link to pdf file lessons.
  

Ancient Olympics

• The real story of the ancient olympic games
  http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml
  • The Games
  • The Athletes
  • The Women
  • The Politics
  • Commercialism
    
    
• Olympics Legacy
  http://www.mediaconcerto.com/olympic/
  Use the droptown menus at the top of the page to read aboutAncient Games, Ancient to Modern Games, Olympic Trivia, and past games.
  
  
• Olympics Through Time
  http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/olympics/preview/
  Use the menu on the left to access information.
  • Prehistory
  • Antiquity
  • Revival
    
    
• The Ancient Olympics
  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
  • Ancient Olympic Sports
  • Tour of Olympia
  • Context of the Games and the Olympic Spirit
  • Athletes' stories
    
    

Past Olympics

• Official Site of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics
  http://www.saltlake2002.com/saltlake2002_sites.html
  Includes: sports, athletes, countries, history, about the games.
  • Facts
    
    
• Olympic Links
  http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/olympic/olympic.htm
  Links on Ancient Greece, Ancient games, modern games, on-line activities.
  • Hotlists, Hunts, Samplers, and Web Quests about the olympics.
    
    
• Summer Games in Syney 2000
  http://www.acn.net.au/articles/olympics/
  Quick facts
  
  
• The Gateway to the Summer Games
  http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/inactive/
  Includes: Lesson Plans, Olympic facts, Australia facts and other links.
  

Summer Games

• Athens 2004
  http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/
  Olympic Web site of 2004.
  • Athens 2004- Educatinal Programming in Olympisim
    
    
• Athens 2004 Olympics - ABC
  http://abc.net.au/olympics/2004/default.htm
  
  • Features
  • Online Games
    
    
• Sydney Morning Herald
  http://smh.com.au/olympics/
  • Olympic Quiz
    
    
• BBC Sport- Olympics 2004
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/default.stm#
  Schedules and sports listed.
  
  
• Factmonster _ Olympics 2004
  http://www.factmonster.com/spot/04olympics.html
  Olympic facts including online quizzes.
  
  
• Official Website of the Olympic Movement
  http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
• Olympics 2004
• Athletes
• Sports
  
  
• Summer Olympic Sports
  http://www.pocanticohills.org/olympics/summerolympics2.htm
  Listing of and explanations of sports at the summer Olympic Games.

Copyright 2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Monday February 13, 2006 8:18 PM