Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics

Web Based Learning at Sargent Park School
prepared by Mr. Lambert
Date revised: September 26, 2000
Note: Many teachers have asked for the Media sites that give results for each event. I have added these links and moved their loaction to the top on this webpage.

Media Web Pages - I AM Canadian
Many Canadian Media web sites give information by
Sport and cross reference it with the individual athletes (Female and Male) or the Team and its' members.
The biographies from the sites can be compared and compiled for your research objectives. CBC and Canada at Sydney are great assets and fun to use. We will see which sites give us the competition results in the ways we like to see on the internet compared to their ususal media presentations.
The Media web sites give current news and results. Remember that there is a 16 hour time difference and some TV is 'tape delayed' while the Internet us real time.

CBC TV - Canada's Official Broadcaster.
http://cbc.ca/olympics/
I AM Canadian at CBC!
***** Look at these shortcuts to popup menu for the Sports or the Athletes.
If you plan to have a class look at specific events, check schedule at:
http://cbc.ca/olympics/07_schedule/index.html
I understand that CBC wants to cover many events 'live' which means lost sleep to see a 'good days' events.
CBC does not list complete results for events.

Canoe - Canada Online Explorer
http://www.canoe.ca/2000Games/home.html
Includes links to Team Canada, News, Columnists, Schedule, Venures, Photo Gallery (Canoe does have a great record for photos I have used in the past for sports, eg. Moore, Wayne G., The Rocket), History, About Australia, Forums, Postcards, Guestbook, Fun & games and Paralympics. there is a 'search for the 2000 games.
Results:
For results, click on the Canoe results homepage and it starts with todays results plus a listing. You can see a detailed list for a specific date by clicking on the date.

The National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/
***** Get to the "Canada.com" link for the Canada at Sydney. Check the flash format for News, Features, Athletes, Events, Results and Contests. Flash items take a few extra seconds to appear.
There is a fantastic Canadians in Sydney with Canadian Athletes List, and Athletes Profiles.
Results
Results are in five sections under the "RESULTS" flash. Move the mouse down and over the flash item, then click
Results Main Page gives links to
Full Results, showing which country got the Gold, Silver and Bronze, then click on the sport to get complete results.
Results by Event, starts with the "A's", find the event in the top box and see the final results
There is Canadian Medalists to see who won medals, and Medal Count of the Nations.

CNN SI
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Get news from this page and other links as they happen. Your computer may be capable of using the 3D interactive tour of the venues.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics
USA based news for the world. Very detailed listing of items covering current news.
Results
Click on the left frame for results home page that has 2 main sorts: by date and by sport. For example, click on Track and Field, and a page appears with a sort by date and by event for Track and Field.
This SI web site lists heats, semi finals and finals - a great online asset!

NBC Host TV Broadcaster (USA)
http://www.nbcolympics.com/
NBC official site for the host broadcaster. Expect the best in sport and athlete info here in multi media presentation.
Results
The NBC results main page lists the sports on the left, select one, then choose the event
There is a link to Australia at:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/stacks/aus/index_stacks_aus.html
It links to the Torch, Sydney Opera House, Venues, Aussie Talk, Aussie Glossary, Mascots, 50 things to know, plus links to news, features and index and much more.

The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/thegames/
The Globe may get an edge on reporting as they present the sport news story first. There is a link to the sparse Team Roosters and at the bottom of the page is a drop down menu to 'story search by Sport'.
The sport story is the news story is the search story.

The Toronto Star -Games Main Page
http://www.thestar.com/games/ or http://www.thestar.com/thestar/games/index.html
Very good coverage of the Canadian Scene. Good archive of stories for each event.
Fashion Gallery - 2000 the new 'Roots' gear to go!
http://www.thestar.com/thestar/editorial/updates/olympic_fashion/index.html

The Winnipeg Free Press
Look at the daily sports or search the archive for previous editions.
These are some examples from the archives.
Look at the profile of 15 Manitoba athletes in this Sept. 10 article by Scott Taylor.
Canadian Stars are born - an article on Sept. 10 by Randy Turner.
Met Manitoba's 6 Paraolympians in this Sept. 9 article of Scott Taylor.

PBS
http://www.pbs.org/edens/kakadu/
The site is a companion to a PBS porgram on Sept. 6. It is target is Grades 6-8
http://pbs.org/edens/kakadu/
At the companion site, access information about the region's natural history and wildlife, read expert commentary, and download a stunning screen saver with images of this exotic land.

The Official Sites

Official Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games - Teacher Activites
http://www.olympics.com/eng/kids/teachers/index.html?/eng/kids/teachers/activity.html
Activity sheets suitable for use by both parents and teachers. All these activities and worksheets can be freely copied and reproduced for educational use in the classroom and at home. They are not to be reproduced for commercial purposes. These activities have been designed for younger visitors. Junior (for 4-8 yrs), Middle (for 7-12 yrs).

New Official US Olympic Committee web page
http://www.usoc.org

Search Engines of The Five Rings

About.com Search Engine at the Olympics
http://specials.about.com/channels/sports/olympics/index.htm?PM=416_1112
Simple and effective web page to present news, sites, medal count and hometown heroes.

Altavista Canada - Olympic News from the Canadian Press
http://www.altavistacanada.com/en/news/olympics/ogames.html
Good for news updates from CP. It has Medal Winners, Team Canada, Team Canada Showcase, Today's Events, Today's Olympics Highlights, What's on T.V., Event Schedule. It is nice to see the world's most popular search engine doing Canadian things.

Yahoo Sports Olympics: The Australia and New Zealand site
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/sports/oly/
This search engine site has Yahoo links for international versions of different languages. The Australian version comes equiped with the schedule, medals, events and latest news. A good perspective from 'down under'!

Yahooligans Olympic Sports Page
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Yahooligans/olympics
For kids of all ages who want to get the stuff quick and easy. Loads of links and fun too. Adults welcome 'down under'.

Get Down to Australia

Check out What Time is it in Australia at:
http://www.olympics.com/eng/sydney/time/timemachine.html
The real time digital clocks change every minute and you can see on the world map how Australia is hours ahead of us.

Climate comparison between Winnipeg and Australia.
http://ows.bom.gov.au/olympic/
This site has been prepared as part of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's support services for the 2000 Olympic Games. The site aims at providing a centralised location for accessing relevant meteorological services. These services include information for both the public, as part of the Bureau's basic service, and specialised information useful for SOCOG and Olympic competitors.

Gander Academy, Newfoundland: Australia Theme - teacher resource
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/auzzie.htm
The high class act from Gander Academy in Gander Newfoundland is ready to go into your classes with themes and worksheets.

From one of the Academy links, I recommend these 2 table links below to add quality to your Aussie research.

Softweb Australia Resources
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/resource/olympic.htm
A very detailed site of Australian web sites that presents information to its's local audience in Australia and to the Global Community. It is part of the Victorian Government Resources webite for Victoria and Melbourne Schools with general topics of Sydney 2000 Olympic Games sites | General Olympic Games information | Australian Atheletes | Individual sporting associations | The Sports of the Olympic Games | Olympic Games history | Media coverage | The Science of the Olympics | Olympic Games education resources.

Gold Medal : Art Idea from Kids domain to try with children under 7.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/goldmedal.html

Meteorology - Weather Information on Australia
Here is another site to use for climate comarison between Winnipeg and Australia.
http://ows.bom.gov.au/olympic/
This site has been prepared as part of the Bureau of Meteorology's support services for the 2000 Olympic Games. The site aims at providing a centralised location for accessing relevant meteorological services. These services include information for both the public, as part of the Bureau's basic service, and specialised information useful for SOCOG and Olympic competitors.

National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Search using the word Olympics, then try Australia. Use the MapMachine to view the world the NG way.
One link on National Geographic of interest is:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/archieve/2000-05-1-0.html

Ocean Olympians Unit from Sea World
http://www.seaworld.org/Olympians/olympians.html
The Ocean Olympians Teacher's Guide for grades 4-8 was developed at Sea World to help you teach your students - in an active, hands-on way - about the Olympic Games and the adaptations that make animals everyday Olympians.

Summer Olympics Internet Project
http://www.cisnet.com/bhs/bdms/olympics.htm
Go to the above site or register for the project anytime between June 13th and September 30, 2000, by emailing the following information to boar_njg@access-k12.org

Sydney Olympic Games, 2000
http://www.acn.net.au/articles/olympics/
Information from the ACN Australia's Cultural Network: bringing you news about Australian culture online. Includes a web page on Olympic Links. Worth the look for some authentic material without advertising.

General References on the Olympics

Aussie Dictionary
http://www.australia-online.com/dictionaussie.html
Talk like a real Aussie during the Olympics, don't spit the dummie and look like a right ocka - check out the Aussie Dictionary. It's fair dunkum, mate. Good Windows Media items.

CMIS Evaluation:Curriculum Resources- Olympics
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/curriculum/themes/olympics/olympic.htm
Many good links including one to a project (Olympics Research Project ) that provides materials for student research projects including worksheets to guide them through the six research steps and a bibliography of Internet resources developed by other contributors.

Olympic Museum
http://www.museum.olympic.org/
The Olympic Museum is a place to re-live the opening ceremonies from past Olympics as well as check out virtual exhibits on both the Summer and Winter Games.

Olympics Through Time
http://www.fhw.gr/projects/olympics
The Foundation of Hellenic World presents Olympics Through Time. There are main topics of Prehistory, Antiquity and Revival on this FHW page.

SMH Web Pages
http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/flash/relay/
The Olympic Torch Relay Flash Site requires Flash 4 software and a Pentium processor.
It is a branch of the main page located at:
http://www.smh.com.au/olympics/
This is a good companion to the official site and is produced by the host country.
For information on the sponsoring media look at:
http://203.26.51.39/common/about.html

The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
Ancient Olympics @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, an 'hot site' for debating many topics like "were the athletes amateurs or pros?", taking a Q& A survey and taking a stand on the issues. It has links to Ancient Greece, Modern Olympic History, and the Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum.

Virtual Olympics
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/olympic/ 
Welcome to the lobby of the Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum. Here you will find a plethora of information about these contests that are the forefathers of our modern Olympic Games. This web page is a joint project of  the The Foundation of Hellenic World  http://www.fhw.forthnet.gr and Dartmouth College, Halifax, Nova Scotia,  http://www.dartmouth.edu 
Get into the serious stuff that made it all possible at Olympia - love those Greek Gods!

Ancient Greek Olympics in the Classroom (WSD1 schools - do not use a filtered site)
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnUnits/GreekOlympics.html
Mr. Donn's site has super link suggestions on many topics. This link will take you to a fun simulation based on the Greek Olympics. His links include Ancient Greek Daily Life, Early & Classical Ancient Greece Units, Ancient AP, and The Times (London). Material is also browsable by various categories. Other parts of the service are updated every 4 hours with new material. A graph illustrating the amount of Olympic stories by day from a "worldwide sample" of sources is provided.