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  Winter Olympics - Torino 2006 

The information provided on this 2006 Winter Olympics Torino / Turin page is grouped into the categories: Official Sites, Media Sites, and  Educational  IT resources. As a special tech ed activity go to the Animation and send your GIFs in. Information, web links and suggested lessons will be updated frequently to reflect new resources. 

QUICK FACTS:

1. 20th Winter Olympics
2. Turin, Italy
3. February 10 – 26, 2006

 Official Sites

Torino 2006  official web page   Live Results
Turin 2006 official web page   
     Sports     Athletes     Competition facilities     All Olympic Games      Sport-by-sport event schedule

Host City  Come to Torino 2006,

The Torch Relay
Torchbearers   Images and Text live   The Olympic Torch on the IOC Website    View the route

IAAF International Association of Athletic Federations

US Olympic Committee official web page, USA Olympic Team

IOC News    

 Media

Many Canadian Media web sites give biographic 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. These sites are great assets and fun to use. These sites give us the competition results in the ways we like to see on the internet compared to their unusual multi-media presentations. The Media web sites give current news and results. Remember that there is a 1 hour time difference and some TV are 'tape delayed' while the Internet is real time.

Earth Observatory sky image of Turin get above the view of a hot air balloon ride over Turin.  Also look at this new image to get the names of the venues and locations.

CBC  Host Broadcaster
Olympics     Sports     Event Schedules    
Canadian Athletes     by Name     by Sport     Diaries

TSN - 2006 Olympics    Summary      2006 Team Canada

BBC  2006 Winter Olympics - main page     Schedule     Schedule    Sport Guides    Turin weather  

Canoe - Slam sports 2006 GAMES 
Check out the links for Team Canada, News,  Postcards, Fun and Games  Try the card game!
Schedule, Venues, History, Polls, not linked today.

Canadian Olympic Committee

CNN SI Olympics   
CNN.com - Special Reports - Winter Olympics

NBC Host TV Broadcaster (USA) NBC official site for the host broadcaster.

BBC - Press Office - Winter Olympics 2006 press pack

MS NBC Winter Games 2006     event schedules      TV coverage 

More Olympic news (UK)

7 Down Under  world report from the Australian Yahoo 7 - requires Flash 8.

New York Times -  Turin 2006 main page     Complete Schedule     Winter Chronology   

Turin Winter Olympics 2006 - Calendar of Events

WINTER OLYMPICS 2006

Winter Olympics 2006 Fact Sheet

Torino Winter Olympics, NBC Coverage, News, Pictures, Video Clips ...

Olympics 2006 The Ontario Women's Hockey Association  

The Winter Olympics 2006 for Kids

Torino Winter Olympics 2006

Winter Olympics 2006 Resource Guide, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Canadian Olympic Committee

 Educational Resources

We suggest that you create the Olympic atmosphere in your classes and challenge the students to reach higher and go further than ever before using these Web Based Learning IT resources.  You could challenge them to create and make up a project using the following ideas. They can use any search engine descriptors. Or, you can provide a web quest guide - check the Web Quest page for assistance in design. Here are some questions for fact finders, projects and quests.  

1. Where is Turin and Italy located?  How far is it from Winnipeg. 
2. What were the other countries in the competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics?
3. When are the games being held? What are the dates for a chosen sport and what is the venue?
4. What is the name of the Olympic Stadium? What events will happen inside?
5. Paint and Gif animation activity:
   create our own opening ceremonies that show the 5 rings lighting up, below them is XX Olympics, and below this is Torino or Turin 2006 Send class gifs to Mr. Lambert for posting.
6. DATABASING
   Make a database for the events, venue and countries participating. 
7. Who are the mascots for the games? What do they represent?
8. What is the Olympic Athletes Village and what is everyday life in the Village like?  How will security be changed in the village this Olympics?  Are athletes in the public eye too much? Do media reporters compete too much to get a hot story at the expense of the 'amateur' who is not used to media pursuit?
9. NUMBERS
   How many athletes are expected to participate in the games?  Which countries do they represent?  How many participate from each country in each event?
10. TURIN
    What is the most famous building in the host city?  What is the city famous for before the 2006 Olympic times? 
11. Compare and contrast the Winter Olympics of 1988 (Calgary), 2002 (Salt Lake) and 2006. What is different and what is the same between  these Olympics?
12. MAPPING
    What is the Olympic Torch Relay?  Follow the path and map it.
13. PREDICTION
    Predict the medal count for each country.  Do a class / school survey as part of this. After the Olympics, compare the results and find reasons for agreement or disagreement in the medal count.
14. VISUALIZATION
    What part does visualization play in training and performance of an athlete and team for these games? 
15. COMPARISON
    Compare 2 countries in terms of how are sports psychologists an important part of athletic training?
16. REPORTING
    Choose a Canadian Team and 'report' on its activities and accomplishments.  Be a reporter and describe what you saw on television with the team and players.  Profile the team members in terms of events / abilities and Olympic outcomes.
17. Prepare a bar chart showing medal count for all countries for 1998, 2002 and 2002.
18. Reflect on your personal awareness of the Olympics and this Winter Olympics. What do you expect to find as you live through the Olympic experience this year? After, reflect on your experience this year and your growth in appreciation for the Olympics and specific sports preferences. You may wish to keep a diary for references. In addition, you can create a scrap book of newspaper articles and photos to support the diary / journal.
19. Play a word game in Jeopardy style. Make up you matching word and question. Start with IOC, then COA, Host City, Neve, Gliz, Mole Antonelliana,

Olympic Museum - Lausanne

Turin 2006 Olympic Education Resource

Olympicschool.ca 

Perseus Digital Library

CBC    History

Canoe   Fun and Games  Try the card game!

Olympics inspires kindergartners  read the article and try your own activities with language and social studies using the motivation of "Six-year-old Felix Morales, surrounded by his kindergarten classmates, held a globe and spun it around as he searched for a particular spot".

Teacher Planet - Winter Olympics give you many "sites of interest" and here are 3 of them:

1. Official Torino 2006 Coloring Book
2. The Canadian Teacher- K-12 Winter Olympic Resources
3. For Kids- Winter 2006 Olympic Theme Page

PBS News World Extra - Lesson Plan: Turin - two 90-minute or three to four 50-minute class periods plus additional time for extension activities.  Includes a trip planning guide and many learning activities.

created January 23, 2006, revised on March 01, 2006 11:08