Telstra Paralympic Education Program
http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/
Helping students learn more about the Paralympic Games, sports
and the
athletes involved in these games. This site has links to
teaching resources
and a correspondence program for student involvement.
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
http://www.olympics.com.au/Education/
The Australian Olympic Committee has produced a national primary
resource
containing over 60 primary cross-curriculum lessons themed around the
2008
Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The resource is available to download
for
free from olympics.com.au by joining the a.s.p.i.r.e. school network. It
is
available from 8 November 2007.
The Spirit of Olympic Art
http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/lesson_plans/lp/?lp=lp16
Students explore why sports art is important, where can it be found, what
can be learned from the sports art, what purposes it serves, who makes it,
and what motivates people to make sports art.
Art About Sports
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/sportsart.htm
Links to Olympic Games poster images and information.
Olympic Poster Design
http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/lesson_plans/lp/?lp=lp8
In this lesson, students compare 24 official Olympic posters to identify
similarities and differences among them. After learning more about the
spirit and goals of the Olympics, students will create their own Olympic
posters incorporating specific design elements.
Olympics Art Fun
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2142.shtml
Students create medals, Olympic rings, and torches using commonly found
materials.
HUGE NUMBER OF WEBLINKS
http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/olympics.html
CLICKABLE WORKSHEETS
Arthur
- On Your Mark
Create your own class Olympics
with these suggested events.
Health & Fitness
K-2, PreK
Fitness
Lesson Plan
Olympics links page (made for our program Yrs 5-7) at
http://www.durackss.eq.edu.au/ifiles/ifolymp.htm
useful is welcome to use, copy, adapt...
Lesson
Plans : Language
Arts : ***Book
Activities : **Preschool
-
Nursery
Rhyme Olympics
Students play games based on nursery rhymes and the
Olympics.
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Lesson
Plans : Miscellaneous
Lesson
Plans : Physical
Education : **Preschool
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On
Your Mark
Preschool-K - Participate in a Class Olympics
activity based on The Return of the King (Arthur)
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Lesson
Plans : Social
Studies : *Grades
K-2 : History
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Eat Your Homework - Salt Lake City
Study the history of Salt Lake City and look
forward to the upcoming Olympics there while you bake Whole Wheat
Muffins and Oatmeal Cookies and discuss the irrigated Utah farmlands that
grow the wheat and oats.
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Plans : Social
Studies : Grades
3-5 : History
Lesson
Plans : Thematic
Units : Grades
1-2
Lesson
Plans : Worksheets
and Printable Pages : Misc
Resource
Sites : For
Students : *K-2
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Kids'
Zone: Olympics
Kids: Grades K-6 - This is a comprehensive site for
kids! It includes information about the sports of the olympic games,
torch, Parade of Nations: participating countries, gold medal winners,
amazing US competitors, and complete olympic schedules.
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Gymnastics
Activities
5 short gynastics lessons: organization, shapes,
shapes partner work, apparatus, and shapes
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Olympics
Then and Now - An InfoQuest on the Olympics
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URL:
http://www.geocities.com/farzu_2000/olympics.htm
Category:
Sport
& Recreation Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction
Olympics Then and Now - An InfoQuest on the
Olympics by Darelyn Dawson & Lesley Boon aims to help students to
understand the Olympics, and to be able to explain to others something
about the Ancient O...
Drug
Use at the Olympics
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URL:
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/drugQuest.htm
Category:
Health
& Physical Education Learning Quests Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction Sport
& Recreation
This webquest asks students to examine the
Olympic Motto "swifter, higher, stronger" and questions what
would happen if performance enhancing drugs were used at the Olympics
and how drug use affects c...
Ancient
Olympic Games Virtual Museum
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URL:
http://tenaya.cs.dartmouth.edu/olympic/
Category:
Sport
& Recreation
History of the Olympic Games, the types of games
that were played, myths surrounding the Olympic Games, their importance,
and descriptions of winners at ancient Olympics can be found at this
site.
Ancient
Olympics
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URL:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
Category:
Sport
& Recreation
Detailed description of ancient and modern
Olympic sports, ancient Olympia, the Olympic spirit, athletes' stories
and FAQs about the ancient Olympics can be found here. Related sites
about the Olympic...
Olympic
Relay
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URL:
http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/olympic/
Category:
Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction
The Olympic Relay site from Kids on the Net,
hosts games based on the Olympics, plus an Olympic Reading Challenge
where favourite books can be shared by writing a book review. Students
can also write ...
Olympic
Museum
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URL:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/museum/home_uk.asp
Category:
Physical
Activities
The Olympic Museum has a virtual gallery which
contains information about different aspects of the Olympic Games. The
Olympic Torch is featured, opening and closing ceremonies are described,
and ther...
Olympic
Games
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URL:
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=27528&url=27528/main.htm
Category:
Sport
& Recreation
A Thinkquest site, this page looks at the Olympic
Games. Topics covered are Olympic history, Olympic symbols, the present
games, memorable moments including the massacres at Munich, and future
Olympic...
Olympic
Activities
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URL:
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/activity.htm
Category:
Sport
& Recreation Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction
Teaching activities for the Olympic Games are
gathered here. They include lesson plans such as webquests, hotlists and
knowledge hunts for different key learning areas. Drugs in sport and
Ancient Gree...
Ancient
Olympics @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology &
Anthropol…
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URL:
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicorigins.html
Category:
Sport
& Recreation
Easy to read information about the origins of the
Ancient Games, the different types of events, a short history and
timeline of the modern Olympic Games and FAQs about the Ancient Olympic.
Includes a ...
Web
Wombat Olympics
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URL:
http://www.webwombat.com.au/schools/secondary/olympics.htm
Category:
Sport
& Recreation
The Web Wombat search engine for the Olympics
gives the opportunity to search by key word or phrase for entries about
the Olympic Games.
Olympic
Women
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URL:
http://www.olympicwomen.co.uk/
Category:
Women's
Studies Sport
& Recreation
This site traces the history of women sporting
pioneers, many of whom are Olympians. It gives stories from women
Olympians, reasons why women found it difficult to gain entry to the
Olympics and stati...
Real
Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
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URL:
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html
Category:
Sport
& Recreation
This site examines when the first
Olympic Games started, the amateur or professional status of the
athletes, the role of women in the Games, their political and commercial
nature and gives a glossar
Web
Quest - The Olympics
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URL:
http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/olwebq.html
Category:
Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction Sport
& Recreation
In the Web Quest, The Olympics students look at
some of the background information about the Olympics and at the
preparations for the Olympics from different perspectives.They play the
roles of enviro...
Hunting
for Drugs in the Olympics
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URL:
http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/jcarr/drugs/hunt.htm
Category:
Health
& Physical Education Learning Quests Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction Sport
& Recreation
This online learning activity about Drugs in the
Olympics is for Year 6-10 Health
Drugs
in Sport (WebQuest)
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URL:
http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/jcarr/drugs/webquest.htm
Category:
Sport
& Recreation Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction
Drugs in Sport is a web quest about the use of
drugs in sports, in particular the Olympic Games. Focus question for
students to consider is" What should be the policy of the
International Olympic Fede...
Eddie
and Spike's Great Virtual Olympic Adventure
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URL:
http://www.latis.net.au/resources/insights/projects/proj15.htm
Category:
Sport
& Recreation Lesson
Plans & Units of Instruction
Spike, the virtual thorny devil, and Eddie the
virtual frilled-neck lizard have developed a project to encourage
students around the world to study the history of the Olympic Games and
to discover th...
Centre
for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching - Olympics Index
Relevance:
87.0%
URL:
http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/data/olympics/olymindx.htm
Category:
Chance
& Data Working
Mathematically Sport
& Recreation
Part of the University of Exeter: Centre for
Innovation in Mathematics Teaching site. Lists Track and Field results
of all Olympic Games and current Olympic records. Also provides
Olympics
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/issues/olympics.htm
Web Resources for Teaching with the
Sydney
2000 Olympic Games
As many of you have requested, I gathered all the resources I
could find pertaining to the olympics. Most resources are for upper grades,
but you'll find lots of great info that can be used with the younger kids.
I've generally listed sites appropriate for lower grade levels first. Also
see:
Australia
Theme Page
Summer
Olympics Internet Project
Register up until September 30, then follow directions on the site. Classrooms
will vote for favorite mascot and sport, then results will be posted.
Gold
Medals
Teachers: Grades PreK-8 - Make your own gold medals with your students.
Kids'
Zone: Olympics
Kids: Grades K-6 - This is a comprehensive site for kids! It includes
information about the sports of the olympic games, torch, Parade of Nations:
participating countries, gold medal winners, amazing US competitors, and
complete olympic schedules.
Olympics
- World Celebrations Unit
Teachers: Grades 2-3: Background information, objectives, classroom
activities, centers, assessment, and a parent letter.
The
Great Virtual Olympic Adventure with Spike and Eddie
Kids: Grades 2-6 - Takes students on a virtual adventure to learn more
about the Olympics. For teachers: click on resources to download the
activity booklet and find other goodies.
Daily
Life in Ancient Greece
Teachers and Kids: Grades 3-8 - Learn all about the culture of ancient
Greece, including their behavior at the Olympics..
Animal
Olympics
Teachers: Grade 5 - If animals were allowed to compete in the Olympics,
would humans ever win? This web activity includes an activity sheet, and
guides students through online resources to find answers.
Olympic
Records Through Time
Teachers: Grades 4-7 - Are we faster, stronger, better than we used to
be? Compare the records of gold medal Olympic winners for the last 100 years
and decide.
The
Ancient Olympics
Teachers: Grades 4-8 - Learn about the ancient olympics, and find
suggested classroom activities... part of the Wonders
of Greece.
The
Modern Olympics
Teachers: Grades 4-8 - Classroom activity ideas include: compare the
ancient olympics with modern olympics, write a poem, develop a timeline,
create a newspaper article, and more... part of the
Wonders
of Greece
Who
were the Ancient Greeks?
Teachers: Grades 4-8 - In this unit children find out about the way
people lived in the ancient Greek empire. They use a range of archaeological
and written sources, select and record information and interpret the past in
different ways.
Goal
Attainment
Teachers: Grades 5-8 -The students realize the many aspects of
international competition by planning and staging their own Olympics.
Olympics
and Teamwork
Teachers: Grades 6-8 - This interdisciplinary unit was established to
focus on a group project, specific classroom lessons, and an exploratory
class. Students explore the olympic games and traditions.
Olympic Themed
Lesson Plans
Teachers: Grades 4-8 - 10 lesson plans with accompanying materials from
EdGate, published by USA Today.
Olympic
Games
Teachers: Grades 5-8 - Part of a resource
unit on Greece, the children will complete a workcard about the Olympics,
using encyclopedias and reference books. Their last task on the card is to
design a poster for the Olympic games
Olympic
Training Center
Teachers: Grades 7-12 - How can biomechanics help an athlete? ..From
Newton's Apple Show #901.
Olympic Torches
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Facts and figures about the torches of past Olympic
Games.
Includes details about the distance and locations of
the torch
runs, as well as descriptions and images of the
torches. From the
International Olympic Committee (IOC).
http://www.collectors.olympic.org/e/fimo/fimo_torches_e.html
The
Archaeological Institute of America's coverage of the ancient
games at Olympia and Nemea. Features essays on subjects such as
why the Greeks competed, what signals were used to start
footraces, and modern myths about Olympic traditions.
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/olympics/
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