The Olympic Games
Teacher Notes

Have the students find the location of the Olympic Games on a map or globe and calculate the distance they would need to travel there. Research the countries that are participating the the games.  Use different types of graphs to show the medal count.

Countries of the World page

National Anthems

How to Rank Medal Counts in the Olympics?


Canadian Olympic School Program - Programme Olympique Canadien D'École

Olympics Timeline timeline | Timetoast timelines


Olympic Theme - Activities - Coloring Pages etc.

Classroom Olympics

Maths Activities for the Olympics -nrich

Olympics-Sports Crafts and Coloring Pages - DLTK

Olympics Theme Unit - abcTeach

Olympics - EnchantedLearning

Olympics Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans Theme Unit

Summer Games - EdGate

Olympics Coloring Pages – Activity Village UK

Olympics - Spelling City

Search for olympics teaching resources - Share My Lesson

The Summer Olympics - Match Upper and Lower Case Letters

The Summer Olympic Games - Put Words in Alphabetical Order

The Summer Olympic Games - Spell Words For Olympic Events

Mini Metric Olympics

The Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics Through The Years

The Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics for Kids

Celebrate the Winter Olympics

Vancouver 2010: Education - Australian Winter Olympic Team

Catch Winter Olympic Fever - Class Internet Project


Science of the Olympic Winter Games

How Olympic Timing Works

How Biathlon Works

How Bobsledding Works


Winter Olympics: Sport & Science (Sports Nutrition, Physics & Biomechanics, Physiology & Psychology)

How Competitive Figure Skating Works

How Extreme Skiing Works

How Luge Works

How Snowboarding Works

What is Skeleton?

How Ice Rinks Work

Olympic Dreams: A World That Plays Together...

Top 10 Summer Olympic Films

 

"Citius, Altius, Fortius"
Swifter, Higher, Stronger

The Olympic Oath
"In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams." And so the games begin.

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." Olympic Creed


Official Website of the Olympic Games


Best Books for Teaching About the Olympic Games


International Olympic Committee

Olympic Athletes' Hub

An Olympic Games Primer (AAU-LA)

Social Integration Adds a New Twist to Olympians' Stories


Olympics TeacherVision Lessons

Olympic Island Lesson plans for key stage 2 Teaching Expertise


Olympic Rings Problem

The Olympic Flag

Olympian Artifacts

Olympic Museum Lausanne

Research Starters the Olympics
(Scholastic)

United States Olympic Committee

Modern Olympics

Athens, Greece 1896

Summer Olympics

 Ancient Olympic Games

Ancient Olympic Cyberhunt

Olympics - Links

Olympic Stadium 1896
Athens, Greece
Photographs by Cybrary Man

 My Sports Pages

Teacher Notes
Organize a field day with an Olympic Theme. Instead of the shotput do a yarn ball toss. For gymnastics you can use a balance bean and have students balance a beanbag on their head and cross the beam without having the beanbag fall.

Fantastic Field Days!

My Field Day sites