The Olympics

AIMS Activities - On the Olympics...This is in .pdf form (need Acrobat Reader)

Alfy's Theme Page - Be sure to click on all the tabs for great resources!! New

A Measure of Greatness - Lesson plan in which students participate in a variety of Olympic-type activities involving measurement. New

Ancient Greek Olympics

Ancient Olympic Cyberhunt - Complete this scavenger hunt online.

Ancient Olympics

Ancient Olympics #2

An Educator's Guide to the 2004 Olympics - The Education Department of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games and the Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 created this guide for K-6 educators. You will find Fact Sheets, Questions and Activities, Worksheets and Lesson Plans to help you incorporate the Olympics into your curriculum.

A Summer to Remember - The First Olympics of the New Millenium

Athens 2004 - Official Site of the 2004 Olympic games in Athens.

Be a Gold Medal Winner - Mrs. McGowan's first grade Olympic Web  page.

BrainPop: Olympics - Take a quiz and see a movie! New

Education Site for the 2002 Olympics - Don't miss this site!!! So many resources.

Faces of the Olympics - This project aims to develop student skills while researching the stories behind the Olympics.

Games of the Ancient Olympics - WebQuest

Going for the Gold - Download this printable exercise in reading, comprehension, and writing to compliment your study on the Olympics. (Requires Acrobat Reader) New

Gold Medal Olympics Activities - From Education World

Great Sites for Teaching About the Olympics - From Education World

Hot 5 - From Classroom Connect

How to Make Gold Medals - Cute craft for kids!

Make Your Own Olympics - Neat craft ideas!

Olympic Games - Theme from Enchanted Learning Web site. Don't miss these pages!

Olympic Primer - A guide to the history, symbols, and issues of the Olympic Games.

Olympics Links - Hotlist

Olympic Museum - Great resource!!!

Olympic Theme Page - From ABC Teach...so much here for you to use in your classroom.

Olympic Theme Page - From Teacher Vision.

Olympics Through Time - Includes prehistory, antiquity, and revival.

Olympic Trivia - Choose the Olympic year and a new trivia item appears every ten seconds.

Olympic Web Activity - Students will write a guide to the Olympics for aliens.

Photo Walkabout: Olympic History - Take a tour of the Olympics through time with music and images, from 1896 to present day. New

Quest for Olympic Gold - WebQuest for Physical Education students.

Salt Lake City CyberHunt - Can you complete this scavenger hunt?

Science and the Olympics - From the WhyFiles.

Saving the Olympics - WebQuest.

Summer Olympics Through the Years - This site includes a description of all the Olympic Games.

The First Olympics Games - Information on the games of 1896 held in Athens, Greece.

The Olympic Games - ThinkQuest...great work by high school students!

The Olympics - Be sure to have students complete the Cyber Hunts at this site!

The Olympics - Theme from KidsKonnect....some good resources, but the music is slightly annoying!

The Olympics Games of Ancient Greece - WebQuest

The Olympics - Activities for the classroom

The Olympics - Here you will find interactive areas where students can write questions to the American mile record holder Steve Scott, and there is a mascot design area where  student work will be displayed.  Nice site!

United States Olympic Committee

Utah: Facts and Printables - From Enchanted Learning.

Visions of Glory - This in-school educational program benefits teachers and students in Grades 1-12 by bringing Olympic values into the classroom though lesson plans, a creativity contest and a video special.
 
What is the History and Meaning of the Olympics? - Essay by a sixth grad student.

Winter Olympics Activities - Word search, riddles, puzzles and much more to do!

Winter Olympic Events - Read about all the events for the Winter Games here. Written by students at Pocantico Hills School!!!

Updated March 18,  2004

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