Olympics+2008

=Introduction=

The Summer Olympic Games will be here soon! The more you know about them, the more fun it will be to watch. Who knows? Maybe you will be inspired to try a new sport or become an Olympian yourself!

== =Print Resources, Books and Magazines=

Look on [|HIP], our school's online catalogue or [|Regina Public Library's] online catalogue with these keywords and phrases:

Keywords & Phrases:
- Olympics - specific names of summer sports including: - names of Olympic athletes (last name first)
 * Track and Field - running, jumping, shotput, discuss, javelin, etc.
 * Swimming, diving, water polo, synchro, rowing, sailing, canoe/kayak
 * Archer, shooting, fencing
 * Weight lifting, wrestling, boxing
 * judo and tae kwon do
 * gymnastics
 * cycling
 * Equestrian
 * Ball sports - baseball, softball, handball, raquet sports, basketball, volleyball

Dewey Decimal Numbers:
=Encyclopedias= Type keywords and phrases into the search bar of these online resources. =Database Resources=
 * [|World Book Online] - get the password from your Teacher-Librarian or Teacher when working from home
 * [|Wikipedia]

=Websites= [|Canadian Olympic Committee] [|Canadian Olympians] - Library and Archives Canada provides biographies of Canadian athletes [|Canadian Athlete Profiles] [|Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games] [|Olympic History Timeline] - information from FactMonster [|Beijing Competition Venues] - mouse over the dots on the map to see and be able to choose a specific sport venue [|Official Mascots] [|WorldWise Quiz: Beijing] - Take the quiz! See how you do! [|The Torch](an interactive site) [|The Torch Relay Calender] (follow the torch each day) [|The Torch Route Map] (interactive map) [|Beijing info page] (learn all about the city of Beijing) [|Beijing's time] (time across the world)

=Image & Sound Resources= [|Olympic Value videos] - the video features athletes talking about one of the values (excellence, fairness, respect and leadership) [|Videos from Beijing with CBC's Ron McLean] [|Photo Gallery of Olympic Venues in Bejing] [|Videos from The Toronto Star]- about many news stories relating to the Olympics 2008 and 2010 [|2008 Olympic torch relay map] [|Sport Animations] - CBC's site includes news headlines about athletes and animations about how to play each sport. Click on the small pictures of each sport. [|Learn Chinese] - the site includes sound and images resources to help you learn to pronounce Chinese words. You can also see the characters for writing in Chinese. [|Quick Mandarin] - Use this site to see Chinese characters for writing and hear how they are pronounced. [|TimeForKids] - China - hear and practice speaking common phrases in Chinese. =Community Resources= == For further searching refer to the following pages: Reference Sources - atlases, encyclopedias, dictionairies, almanacs, etc. Search Tools - search engines, directories, portals Copyright Friendly Resources