All about the Summer Olympics

2008 Olympic Games: Go here to the official Beijing 'host city' site

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

http://www.olympics.com.au/Portals/3/InteractiveExplorer/index.html
kidcyber has many pages of information about China here

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/chinaindex.htm
For information about the Australian Olympics teams for the 2008 Games go here
http://www.olympics.com.au/Home/tabid/109/Default.aspx?link=109&tabid=116&
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

(2008)

Updated © [2008] kidcyber