Resource Page
olympic rings


Resources for History of the Olympics page:
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/olympicstimeline.html
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/ol-funfacts.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sports/A0860127.html
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml
http://agones.fhw.gr/
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
http://www.pics4learning.com

Resources for Scoring page:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
http://www.pics4learning.com
http://agones.fhw.gr/
http://www.funbrain.com

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/

The images contained within this page are found in http://www.pics4learning.com

introduction
task
process
teacher
home
scoring
attendance
measurement
evaluation
conclusion

Buttons are created for this site by Button Generator. http://www.buttongenerator.com
Button Generator