1. Official
Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
http://www.olympics.com/eng/
The official site of the Sydney games. It has an area just for kids. The Games
of the XXVII Olympiad will be held in Sydney, Australia, beginning September
15 and go through October 1. Follow the Torch relay, learn more about Sydney,
and gather crucial information from the Australian viewpoint.
2. Official
Site of the International Olympic Committee.
http://www.olympic.org/
3. Official
Site of the United States Olympic Committee
http://www.olympic-usa.org/
For information about the athletes of the United States.
4. Official
NBC Olympic Site
http://www.nbcolympics.com/
For information on such topics as the Pre-Olympic Event Calendar and the Sydney
Olympic Schedules, go to the Official NBC site. NBC will be the major carrier
network for this year's games from Sydney. There are links to Australia, and
Sydney in particular.
1. Gateway
to the Summer Olympic Games
http://www.edgate.com/summergames
From the Copernicus Education gateway. There are links to Olympic-related lesson
plans and information on athletes, history, facts, Sydney, and more.
2. Olympic
Ideas for Teachers
http://www.dse.nsw.edu.au/staff/F1.0/F1.5/olympic/ideas.htm
3. OLYMPIC
GAMES LESSON PLAN:
http://www.svusd.k12.ca.us/character/GoalAttainment.htm#2
While this particular lesson plan is geared toward sixth graders, with a few
adaptations you could easily incorpor-
ate many of the concepts into a fun unit for much younger children. For instance,
plan your own Olympic Games Day--
which games will you be playing? Design your class Olympic Flag and fly it on
your game day!
4. ANCIENT
GREEK OLYMPICS FOR THE CLASSROOM!
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnUnits/GreekOlympics.html
Competitors, pick your teams: Sparta, Athens, Corinth... Then prepare for the
games with a procession, Olympic
tongue-twisters, art, music--much more! A very lively and creative unit.
5. INDEX
OF OLYMPIC-RELATED UNITS OF WORK:
http://www.schools.nt.edu.au/shapes/vog/unitsofwork/index.htm
Loads of lessons and units here from Australia, and all related to the Olympics.
The website covers all grades
as well!
6. OCEAN
OLYMPIANS:
http://www.seaworld.org/Olympians/olympians.html
Ocean animals and the Olympic games--sound like a weird combination to you?
Now add in Sea World--hmmm... This
Teacher's Guide to this particular Olympics unit does indeed dare to compare
animals to Olympic athletes! Besides getting a history of the Olympic games,
this intriguing set of lessons will make your students see the Olympics in quite
a new way! Up to grade 8.
7. Go for
the Gold! Olympic Games Spark Classroom Activities
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson049.shtml
This Education World site offers great teaching suggestions centering around
the Olympics.
8. Summer
Olympics 2000
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/dtaylor/summerolympics.htm
This is a webquest site with ideas for the classroom.
10. Australia Via the Olympics
http://trackstar.scrtec.org/main/display.php3?option=frames&track_id=23566
Everything Australian--geography, Aboriginal culture, Australian animals--much
more, all offered in this unit.
1. The REAL Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html
The rituals and rules of the Olympics and information on the various events
and customs of the five-day Olympiad
2. Summer Olympics History
http://www.infoplease.com/00olympics1.html
All types of information, facts, figures, and related facts about past and present
Summer Olympic games
3. History of the Ancient Olympics
http://www.ausport.gov.au/anc.html
4. The Ancient Olympics
http://library.thinkquest.org/20622/the.htm
5. Frequently
Asked Questions About the Ancient Olympic Games
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/faq1.html
6. Ancient Olympic Events
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/sports.html
7. Ancient
Olympic Milestones
http://library.thinkquest.org/20622/ancient.htm
8. The Real
Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html
9. A Little
Quick Greek mythology and the Games
http://library.thinkquest.org/20622/greek.htm
10. Olympic Records Through Time
http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/olympic.htm
11. USA Women's Olympic Basketball
Records
http://www.usabasketball.com/factbook/wolympic/wolyrecs.htm
12. USA Men's Olympic Games Basketball
Records
http://www.usabasketball.com/factbook/molympic/molyrecs.htm
13. All About the Olympics Past
and Present
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/resource/olympic.htm
14. Sports History
http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olympix.shtml
Index to the Olympics
15. The Olympic Games in the Ancient
Hellenic World
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/olympic/
A virtual museum of ancient Olympic games
1. Yahoo
Sports Coverage of the 2000 Olympics
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/sports/oly/schedule/
Day by day schedule of events.
2. Unusual
Sports in the Olympics
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002862/
A Think Quest site that explores unusual sports in the Olympics.
3. Olympic
Sports
http://cbs.sportsline.com/olympics/
CBS Sportsline
4. Olympics
2000 Sydney
http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/olympics/2000/
Another link on the CBS Sportsline
1. Sydney,
Australia's Travel and Tourist Guide
http://www.sydney.com.au/
2. Images
of Sydney, Australia
http://www.science.uts.edu.au/sydney/sydney.html
3. Hello
from Sydney Australia
http://www.sydney-australia.net/
4. History
of NSW
http://www.tourism.nsw.gov.au/
Tourism New South Wales gives you a quick peek at the History
of the State.
5. Sydney
- Olympics 2000 City
http://dkd.net/sydney/
6. Australian News
http://www.news.com.au/
This newspaper site offers Olympics information along with the
news of the day from Australia.
1. Olympic
Map
http://www.realview.com.au/index.asp?Page=olympvwr.html
A high-resolution, zoomable map of the Sydney
Olympics site
2. Olympic
Mascots
www.geocities.com/colosseum/2563/
3. Welcome
to the Olympic Almanac!
http://www.pair.com/msmonaco/Almanac/
Information about the Olympics
4. A Hotlist
on Olympics 2000
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listolympicsia.html
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/sports/oly/
A list of web sites
5. Sydney
Olympic Games, 2000 Summer Games.
http://www.sydneysummergames.com/
8. Your Definitive Unofficial guide to the Sydney Summer Games
http://www.sydney2000.com
This site features medal tallies, a look inside the athletes’ village and
Olympics
9. Welcome
to the Olympic and Sport Studies Center
http://blues.uab.es/olympic.studies/
1. Australia
and New Zealand Forecasts
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/cities/australia.html
2. Olympics
2000 Weather Services Home Page
http://www.bom.gov.au/olympic/