All about the Summer Olympics

2012 Olympic Games: Go here to the official London 'host city' site

Go here for an interactive tour of the venues for the London Olympic events

kidcyber has many pages of information about London here

For information about the Australian Olympics teams for the 2012 Games go here
For biographies of Australian Olympic team members, go here:

http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Default.aspx?link=343&

Olympic information on kidcyber:

First Olympics Olympic Flag Mascots
Medals  Olympic anthem Opening Ceremony


Day1
Read
kidcyber pages about the two day Decathlon here

Day2


Sports of the Summer Olympics:

Archery

Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boardsailing
Boxing
Rowing
Running events:Track & Field

Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Swimming

Canoeing and kayaking
Cycling
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Team Handball
Tennis
Diving
Equestrian

Throwing events: discus, javelin, shot put, hammer
Fencing
Football (Soccer)
Field Hockey

Trampoline
Triathlon, Heptathlon and Decathlon
Gymnastics

Judo
Jumping events:Track & Field

Volleyball and Beach Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Modern Pentathlon
Paralympic Games


Olympic Activities for Students:


Webquest about Olympic Sports kidcyberQuest 1

Student activity pages to print out:


Olympic Games: kidcyber weblinks

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml

Official site of the IOC http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp

Australian Olympic Committee website
http://www.olympics.com.au/

Official site of the International Paralympic Committee
http://www.paralympic.org/

List of the locations of all the modern Olympic Games, summer and winter
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461520358_761556835_-1_1/olympic_games_locations_and_years.html


Thomas, R. & Sydenham, S. All About the Summer Olympics [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au

(2009)

Updated © [2009] kidcyber