PBS
Pbs: Host a Family Olympics
Design and build a track with obstacles you must go over, under, around or through. Participate in a non-competive event with a variety of games that develop gross motor skills.
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: Sparta
This site by Lin and Don Donn describes what life in Sparta was like and how it differed from other Greek city-states. This page helps you imagine yourself as a Spartan going to the Olympian games to cheer on your team.
Other
Usa Swimming: Club Profiles
This resource contains profiles and magazine articles about numerous swimming clubs throughout the United States.
Other
Workers Online: Unions: Behind the Scenes
The story of the 2000 Olympics in Australia, and the relationship between the unions and the workers of the Olympic games. Successes and failures are both portrayed.
Greek Gods
Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Pelops
Will Pelops win the chariot race to wed his love? Read to learn Pelops's story.
9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: 7/7 London Bombings
On Thursday, July 7, 2005 - one day after London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, and the first day of the UK-hosted G8 summit - four suicide bombers detonated explosives in three locations in the central London subway network...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Creating Charts
Students learn to represent data in a list as a bar chart. They examine statistics from the 2000 Olympic Games and determine the team that took home the most medals.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Problem Solving: Modeling the Marathon
In this activity, students use the TI InterActive! and exponential functions to predict if, and when, women will better the men's record in the marathon event in the Olympic games.
Other
The Museum of Unnatural Mystery: The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was part of the great Temple of Zeus situated at the site of the ancient Olympic games. Similar in design to the Temple of Artemis and the Parthenon, the Temple of Zeus...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Now and Then
Look at the changes in results on some of the athletics track events at the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948. What will the results be in 2012? This slightly more challenging activity encourages children to examine data and consider...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Our Sports
What events are there in your school sports day, and in the Olympic Games? What are your favourite races and sports? This activity encourages discussion and decisions about how to collect and display data, and is designed to be...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Specialization and the Decathlon
This lesson uses results from the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to explain that athletes specialize in sports and events for which they are most skilled for the same reasons that individuals and nations specialize in the production of goods...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Can You Run as Fast as a Car?
During the 100 meter dash in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Florence Griffth-Joyner was timed at 0.91 seconds for 10 meters. At that speed, could she pass a car traveling 15 miles per hour in a school zone?
Curated OER
1960 Us Olympic Hockey Team
Read about "U.S. hockey's original golden boys." This article overviews the game in which 1960 team won Olympic gold despite being "overwhelming underdogs."
Curated OER
1980 Us Olympic Hockey Team
Read about the "miracle" that took place in the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. This brief article talks about the match in which the U.S. men's ice hockey team beat the Soviet team 4-3.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Florence Griffith Joyner
This ia a very brief article about Florence Griffith-Joyner's sports career and accomplishments.
Curated OER
Perseus: The Greek City States and Religious Festivals
Discusses the difference between modern and ancient Greek Olympic games, and goes into depth about the religious festivals that took place. Additional links to related material.
Curated OER
Perseus: The Greek City States and Religious Festivals
Discusses the difference between modern and ancient Greek Olympic games, and goes into depth about the religious festivals that took place. Additional links to related material.
Other
The Sports Network
The Sports Network is a truly comprehensive sports-centered website. Covering sports throughout the world, content includes the latest headlines and scores, as well as focused looks at all major (and minor) professional sports, college...
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Sports Illustrated for Kids
Sports Illustrated for Kids, as its name implies, covers the world of sports from a youthful perspective. With a focus mainly on professional sports, content includes top news, fantasy sports, trivia, and other games.
A&E Television
History.com: 8 Memorable Protests by American Athletes
Stars Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali and Billie Jean King have used their platforms to seek change. Before a preseason game on September 1, 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem to call...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Curling
This article on curling provides a history of the sport, as well as "basics of the game," information on the playing surface, players and equipment. Includes a "graphical depiction of a curling sheet," photographs of equipment and a lot...
abcteach
Abcteach: Social Studies: History
[Free Registration/Login Required] A directory of history resources (games, activities, puzzles, graphics) to be used as part of elementary study of Ancient Egypt and Greece, the Middle Ages, the Revolutionary War, and other topics....
Other
Volleyball: General Information
This volleyball site provides information on the characteristics of volleyball, its history, its rules, and the finer points of playing the game.
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