2006 Winter Olympics
Friday February 10, 2006
Tonight is the official start of the Winter Olympics, and so to celebrate, I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of Winter Olympics 2006 sites:
- GoogleBlog - Virtually Torino
grab some Google Earth footage of the Torino Games - Torino 2006 - Olympic Winter Games
nice site with LOADS of information, including a feature on the various venues - Google Local - map of Torino
figure out where all these places are - Torino 2006 - Olympic Venues
nice mashup - Olympics.about.com
read James Martin's behind the scenes account of the Olympic Winter Games - go James go! - Google Video Search for Olympics
get all the streaming Olympics video you want - Complete Olympics Schedule-NBC
very nice interactive calendar showing what happens when - Get Local Olympics Schedules
" Enter your zip code above to receive Olympic TV listings and content from your local NBC station." - Olympics News from Topix.net
constantly updated feed from Topix; from thousands of sources - Winter Olympics Studies
from the University of Montana; get background information on "how science illuminates human activity" - Knitting Olympics
"Concept: You must cast on a project during the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics (Feb 10)- and finish before the Olympic flame goes out (Feb 26). That's 16 days." - ABCTeach - Olympics Classroom Activities
tons of good stuff here for the classroom or at home - The History of the Olympics
absolutely gorgeous Flash montage of the history of the Olympics; includes interactive timeline
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