Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Olympics and Learning


Winter Olympics, February 9 - 26. 2006 in Torino, Italy
Olympic activities make a great learning activity to supplement any curriculum.
Here are some sites to help you in your endeavors.
Themes Olympics
US Olympic Team 2006
http://www.usolympicteam.com/
Education Center - http://www.usolympicteam.com/12683.htm
U.S. Athletes - http://www.usolympicteam.com/12181_36427.htm
Top 25 hopefuls - http://www.usolympicteam.com/11471_30586.htm

NBC 2006 Olympics Torino, Italy
http://www.nbc6.net/olympics2006/index.html

Torino 2006
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/torino/index_uk.asp
http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/home/index.html
The Piazza http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/spirito_olimpico/look_of_the_games.html
The Pictograms
http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/spirito_olimpico/pittogrammi.html
The Winter Sports
http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/spirito_olimpico/le_regole_delle_olimpiadi.html

For Kids:
Kids Village educational page - http://www.kidsvillage.torino2006.org/
Kids Domain Olympics Links -- http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Olympics.html
2006 Olympics Sites for Kids - http://www.kidsturncentral.com/links/2006olympics.htm
Yak's Corner - http://216.247.63.129/index/

History of the Olympics
http://www.journale.com/kodak/olympics/olympichistory/
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/index_uk.asp
http://www.aafla.org/6oic/primer_frmst.htm

Olympic Timelines
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/olympicstimeline.html
http://www.timelineindex.com/content/search.php?s=+1896

Ancient Olympic Games
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html

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