Winter Olympics 2014
Go for the Gold!
Links from the Official Sochi 2014 website
This year's Olympic events (detailed information about each event, including history, equipment, and what's happening this year is available about halfway down the page (below the download section). Click on the icon for the event you're interested in and then click on the larger icon that appears for the detailed explanation. (A great opportunity to compare and contrast events.)
The Paralympic Games - Learn about the five Winter Paralympic events here.
The history of the winter Olympics
Torch Relay - route, photos, video, information
Other websites about the Olympics
Team USA official website
*NEW** 50 Crazy Facts infographic
Mr. Donn's Ancient Greece for Kids site Olympics info.
BBC Ancient Greeks - The Olympic Games
**NEW** Teacher Larry Ferlazzo's round-up of Olympic sites for educators
**NEW** An extensive list of resources from Edutech4teachers
Lessons/Activities
Australian Olympic Committee lesson plans These are very good.
Math activities while watching the Olympics from Scholastic
Olympic Values - a writing activity from Scholastic.
NBC Learn - videos and activities on the science of the Winter Olympic Games. (once you've clicked into the "study" section, use the navigation wheel to access the different resources) Grades 5-8
CIA World Factbook: Russia Online version HERE PDF HERE
National Geographic for Kids Places: Russia
Russian alphabet with audio pronunciations
Teachervision lesson plans (you get access to 4 lessons free)
If you're already a member of abcteach.com, you'll find activities HERE
A LiveBinder Winter Olympics unit (Full access requires membership, but you can preview some of the activities and lessons without membership)
Articles
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