Olympics - Links


Olympic Links
http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/olympic/olympic.htm
Links to sites on Ancient Greece, the ancient and modern games, Australians at the Olympics, The Torch Relay, Paralympics and latest games news updates compiled by librarian, Barbara Braxton, Palmerston District Primary School.

Trinity Library - Olympics
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/issues/olympics.htm
Links to information on the 2004 games, the Olympic Movement and community involvement and the Olympic Games compiled by Rosemary K Horton, librarian at Trinity College WA.

NSW State Library - Olympic Links
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/links/olympics/
Links include Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Paralympics, Olympic organisations, history, statistics, issues, and future games.

Olympic Games Weblinks
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/olympic_games.htm
Links to the Olympic Games, Ancient Olympics, Winter Olympics, Australia at the Olympics, Olympians, Commonwealth Games and ideas for teachers.

Athens 2004
http://www.athens2004.com/athens2004/
Includes guide to Athens, Youth pages with learning activities, and event timetables.

2004  Olympics Sites
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/links/2004olympics.htm
Fun activities related to the 2004 Olympics.

Fina: Athens 2004
http://www.fina.org/Athens2004.html
Information on progress in preparing for Aquatic events at the 2004 games.

The Ancient Olympic Games
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml
This site compares the Ancient and Modern games in terms of money, politics and rules.

Olympic Fact Sheets
http://www.ausport.gov.au/info/factsheets/tech.html
Information on Australia at the Olympics, Paralympics, Women at the Olympics, Politics and the Olympics and Technology and the Olympics.

Lesson Plans

Olympic Lesson Plan Links
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/edsites/lessons_hs.html
Collection of lesson plans on the Olympics. Includes lessons on the Ancient and Modern games, Olympic records and much more.

Early and Classical Greece Unit
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnUnits/Greece.html
Lessons based on the key role of geography in the development of Greece, Athenian democracy and it relationship to our own.

Analysing Olympic Data
http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/units/olympics.html
Students gather data about a chosen Olympic event and present it using a spreadsheet.

Olympics Unit
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/olympics.html
Students will identify historical events leading up to the present day Olympics and identify the economic benefits and disadvantages of hosting the Olympics.

Web Quest- the Olympics
http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/olwebq.html
Students discover what preparations have gone into the lead up to the games, and have they been successful?

2004 Olympic WebQuest
http://www.librarytech.net/soit/OlympicsWebQuest.htm
Students will learn and display their understanding of the Olympics both modern and ancient by writing a research report and creating a PowerPoint presentation.

 

Charlie
www.PrimarySchool.com.au

 

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Wayne
Updated Nov. - Dec. 2004