Access these sites through your computer’s Internet connection. Open the underlined address. Information can be printed or downloaded to your computer. Be sure to follow links to other sites and find your way back with the "back" button. All of the sites listed were active as of January 2, 2002. The evaluation is by the AVA Center staff according to the amount of information given and its potential use in the classroom.

Note that some of sites were created for previous games in Sydney in 2000 and Nagano in 1998. They are included if they still have relevant information.

http://www.uen.org/2002/

An outstanding site by the Utah Department of Education. Features REACH An Educator’s Guide to the Olympics with Fact sheets, Questions and Activities, Worksheets, and Lesson Plans, all for grades K-6. Sections: Countries, Continents, Sports, Venues, Programs, Schools, News, Curriculum (Olympic Winter Sports Lessons; One School, One Country Activities; Olympic Classroom Lessons; Useful Olympic Web Sites; and 2002 Torch Relay Interactive Map). This is a huge site! Excellent!!!

A look at the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Sections: Olympics Through Time, Ancient Olympics, A Tour of Ancient Olympia, The Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum, What is the History and Meaning of the Olympic Games?, Collection for the Olympic Games, OLYMPIA Project, and The Ancient Greek World – Religious Games. Excellent

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

An online exhibit on the ancient Olympics. Sections: Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports, A Tour of Ancient Olympia, The Context of the Games and the Olympic Spirit, Athletes’ Stories. Excellent

Sports Illustrated’s official site for the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Includes a wealth of information on the athletes, the events, the training, headlines, the torch relay, photos and more. Excellent

A lesson plan for grades 5-8 relates competitive events to the teaching of physical properties such as potential and kinetic energy, friction, drag, and acceleration. Students become involved in hands-on activities to determine how course conditions affect bobsled, luge and downhill ski races. Sections: Overview, Purpose, Objectives, Resources/Materials, Activities & Procedures, and Tying It All Together. Excellent

An online exhibit of photos of Olympic athletes and events. Sections: Take a Photo Tour of Sydney, Photo Walkabout, The History of the Olympics, The Athlete (a large exhibit of over two years of the athlete in training and performance), Photoquilt of Olympic Moments (photos and stories from past Olympics), and Shooting Sports (advice from a professional sports photographer). Excellent

Ideas from Harcourt Publishing on activities related to the Olympic Games for grades 4-8. Activities: Olympic Village Reporter (grades 4-8); Who Has Won the Gold? (grades 4-8); and Turning Medals into Fractions and Graphs (grades 6-8). Excellent

The Amateur Athletic Foundation’s Olympic Information Center has a large collection of materials on the Olympic Games. Sections: Olympic Primer, Olympic Review, Official Reports, Scholarly Journals, Future Games, Web Games, Oral Histories, and a very extensive Olympic Curriculum Guide. Excellent

A lesson plan for grades 6-8 in which students study ancient Greece and prepare a brochure about the ancient and modern Olympic Games. Sections: Lesson Summary, Objectives/Lesson Outcomes, Framework/Content Standard/Benchmark, Approximate Time Needed, Prerequisite Skills, Materials and Resources, Procedures, and Modification for Differentiated Instruction. Excellent

An entire unit of study for gr. 7 integrating math, language arts, geography and art. Excellent

This site gives the real story of the ancient games and compares them with today’s games. Were they less political, less commercial, more or less sexist, more or less fair? Includes a survey on whether professional athletes should be allowed to compete, whether men and women will be able to compete in the same events, and more. Excellent

The official site for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sections include: Sports, Schedules, Athletes, Spectator Info, Shopping, Games Programs, Tickets, and much more. Excellent

Offers the Salt Lake Tribune coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Includes information on the Olympic Events, Countdown Until the Games, Recent Headlines, The Venues, History of the Games, a Snow Report and a TorchWatch. Excellent

http://whyfiles.org/019olympic/index.html

Provides a look at how technology helps improve sports performance and timekeeping. Also shows how athletes in the Ancient Games trained. Uses the 1996 games in Atlanta as the basis but translates to 2002 in many areas. Includes QuickTime video clips and animations to illustrate scientific principles. Excellent

"Built around the Olympic events of downhill skiing, snowboarding, and figure-skating, the CyberSchool offers problem-solving challenges for middle school students working by themselves or with others, at school or at home. The CyberSchool also offers lesson plans and training to help their students respond to the challenges." Sections: Info Center, Teachers, Finish Line, and Hot News. Note: Based on the 1998 games at Nagano, Japan but translates well to 2002. An outstanding site. Excellent

"The enormous appeal of the Winter Olympic Games creates several teachable moments for showing how science illuminates human activity" This site provides mini-courses in Sports Nutrition, Physics and Biomechanics, and Physiology and Psychology. These courses can easily be adapted into classroom lessons for grades. 7-12. Excellent

http://lycoskids.infoplease.com/ipka/A0115110.html

Facts and figures for the Winter Olympics from 1924 to 1998 including Event by Event, Athletes Winning Summer and Winter Medals, All-Time Leading Medal Winners, All-Time Leading USA Medalists, All-Time Medal Standings 1924-1998. This is the place to go for who won what, from which country for which year. Excellent

A basic site for Olympics information. Click the link for Salt Lake City 2002 Includes medal counts and profiles of men and women athletes. A large site. Very Good

A student-created site on the Olympic Games. Sections: History of the Olympics, Medal Winning Countries in 2000, World Records Broken in 2000, 2000 Sydney Olympics, Gold Medaling Webmasters, Olympics Quiz and a Bibliography. Very Good

Official web site of the IOC, the International Olympic Committee. Sections: Olympic Museum, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Collectors, National Olympic Committees, Olympic Television Archive Bureau, Salt Lake 2002, Athens 2004, and Torino 2006. Very Good

An online exhibition prepared by the National Holocaust Museum. The exhibition shows how Germany used the summer Olympic Games as a means to show Germany as a peaceful, tolerant nation. Includes an explanation of why the Olympic Games were held in Germany, a timeline of German anti-Semitism, and photos and text explaining the role of sports in Hitler’s plan for an Aryan nation. Use the menu for an overview of the site. Very Good

A colorful basic guide to Olympic facts and figures. Sections: Sites at a Glance, Olympic Winter Games, Winter Medalists, Games of the Olympiad, Summer Medalists, Logos, Mascots, Torches, Country Abbreviations, Olympic Contacts, Frequently Asked Questions, and Olympic Firsts. Very Good

Three main sections: Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Paralympics. Each section tells what kind of events are held (luge, bobsledding, skiing, etc) and the different events in each sport, as well as the requirements for participation. A barebones site but pulls together the requirements. Very Good

A mini-unit for grades 2-3 on the Olympic Games. Sections: Background, Objectives, Time Allotment, Resources Needed, Procedures, Assessment, Appendix. Very Good

A Greek view of the Olympics. Sections: Prehistory (athletic events in Prehistory), Antiquity (the Olympic Festival in antiquity), Revival (the modern revival of the games) and Comments (interviews with experts, a glossary, links, etc.) Very Good

An extensive photo gallery from the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Very Good

Discusses the many symbols of the Olympic Games including the Five Rings, The Olympic Creed, the Olympic Motto, the Olympic Oath, the Olympic Flame and Torch, the Opening Ceremony, the Closing Parade, the Closing Statement, and the Victory Ceremony. Very Good

A site by students discussing several sports in the Olympic Games (Summer, Winter & Paralympics). Sections: Sports, Athletes, Links, Activities, and more. The Activities section includes a Quiz, Vote, Wordsearch/Crossword, and Word Jumble. The Links section includes Teacher Resources (note: some broken links). Very Good

Information on the weather predictions for the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Sections: Weather Support Team, Climate Information, Observations and Forecasts. Good

An online essay on the Ancient Olympic Games. Sections: How They Began, Ceremonies, Events, Location, Awards, and How They Ended. Good

A look at how timekeeping has changed over the course of the Olympics. Sections: Development, Kinds of Sport, Interviews, and a Quiz. Note that the major sport mentioned is swimming. Good

Instructions for completing a web quest on the subject of the Ancient Olympic Games. Sections: The Task, Resources, Let’s Begin, Learning Advice and Conclusion. Good

Photos of the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896 and of the Torch Lighting Ceremony and Handing Over Ceremony in 2000. Good because it includes photos of the 1896 games and winning athletes. Good

The online site for the Olympic Museum, the official museum of the Games, in Lausanne. Switzerland. The Virtual Gallery gives an idea of the exhibits. It includes video and audio clips. Good

http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/Women/GirlTECH/Participants/mshaw/Lessons/Olympics/Olympic_Science.html

A lesson plan using research on the Internet to answer questions about swimming events in the the Olympics. Sections: Purpose, Goal, Materials, Prerequisite Skills, Time, Procedure, and Questions. Good

A Thinkquest site by and for elementary students. Sections: Modern Olympics, Ancient Olympics, Links, Facts, and Reference. An idea generator for students planning their own Olympics web site. Good

Prepared by the Cumberland County AVA Center staff. Please call #856-451-0817 or email: cumbavac@snip.net with questions or suggestions for future web site lists. The site list is also posted on three web sites so far:

http://www.improvelearning.com/text/tchr_web/tchr_web.html

http://www.atlanticava.org

http://www.clueslibs.org/information/ccl/default.htm