Olympics

[|AtoZTeacherStuffOlympics] - list of activities that can be used for all grades

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/sports/olympics/ http://www.geocities.com/mrsjacksonsclass/olympics.htm http://edhelper.com/olympics.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/olympics02.htm http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/archives/325 [|2learn] a whole list of websites to go to for activities involving the 2006 Olympics, also includes webquests [|Ancient Greek Olympics] - a great activity for upper intermediate classes [|Beijing 2008 Olympics Learning Resources]- a list of activities and ideas to use in the classroom from the Beijing Olympics [|Canadian Olympic School Program] - activities, games, information about Olympics presented by RBC [|Canadian Paralympics Assn] - resources and information about the Paralympics [|Hockey Canada] - click on hockey/kids to get information about hockey [|Tourism BC Olympic Info] - tons of information and updates about the upcoming Olympics, countdown, blogs, etc...(Official tourism site of BC) [|Official Olympics website] - official website of the olympic movement, games, sports, athletes, and much more [|Winter Olympic activity sheets] - list of mazes, word searches, dot-to-dot, jumbles, coloring sheets to do with winter olympics [|UK Olympic Site with suggested lesson plans] - British Olympic Association, information about summer, winter and youth games [|Enchanted Learning] - great information and activities about olympics that are easy to read for the primary level [|New Zealand Olympic Committee] - this site has information and lesson plan available. They do have a New Zealand slant, but could be adapted for Canada or used to compare countries. [|Winter Youth Olympics] - in 2012 Austria hosting the first Youth (ages 14-18) Winter Olympics. Learn more... [|Olympics: Science of the Sporting Life] - this site is geared toward grade 6 and up. Great information about the science of sport [|Olympic History] - this site is somewhat dated because it only reaches 1992. Students can research missing results. Some Cdn content [|Olympics from Scholastic] - grades 6 and up. Lots of info about history and symbols of the Olympics. Good for researching and comprehension testing. Their is a vocabulary game with multiple choice answers.