Resources for Measurement
Conversions page:
A site that provides information regarding the ancient Olympic
games, including which sports were involved, some of the rules and what
was allowed (or not allowed) during those events.
"The Ancient
Olympics" http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
This site has information about the ancient games as
well. In includes athletes from many games. Specific events
within sporting areas are also mentioned. Emperor Nero of Rome
even competed!
"The Real Story of the Ancient Olympics" http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml
A very informative site that includes information covering every modern
sport, from both winter and summer games. It also has interviews
with athletes and results from the events.
"Official Website of the Olympics Movement" http://www.olympic.org/uk/index2_uk.asp
This site contains informative graphic representations of the events
that are at the games.
"Athens 2004: In the True Spirit of the Games" http://www.athens2004.com/
These two sites are resources to assist in completing the tasks found
in the measurement page. There is also interesting background
information on both the English measurement system and the metric
system, which is also called the SI system. http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/