2002 Winter Olympics at Dixie!

The 2002 Winter Olympics are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah! Learn about the origins of the Olympics and this year's Olympics with Ms. Rechtfertig's cool Olympics Cyberhunt and some of these fun links. Teachers click here for Teacher Resources.

What are your favorite Olympics sports? Do you know what cities have hosted winter and summer Olympics in the past? Do you know what it takes to train in the Olympics? Explore the links at the right to learn more.

Here are some fun Olympic facts:

* Every modern Olympics (since 1896) has had an official poster. Click on this official poster link to see the posters from 1896 (Athens, Greece) up to 2000 (Sydney, Australia). To see posters from the Salt Lake City, Utah Olympics, click here.

* In the ancient Greek Olympics the athletes were nude! (Not any more though!) Learn more about the ancient Greek Olympics at the Ancient Greek Olympics site. (Don't know what nude means? Look it up in a dictionary!)

* Sled hockey and wheelchair fencing? The Paralympics are Olympic games for disabled and physically challenged athletes. The first Paralympic Games were held at the 1960 Rome, Italy games. Learn more about the Paralympics at Unusual Sports in the Olympics.

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Cool sites about the 2002 Winter Olympics
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1. Olympic Games (official site) Learn about all the interesting places in the world where the Olympics have been held since 1896.

2. Olympic Sports (official site) All the sports in the summer and winter Olympics.

3. An Olympic games primer A short lesson in everything you need to know about the Olympics, past and present.

4. Olympic Education site Super site for kids and teachers from the Utah Education Network

5. Ancient Greek Olympics Learn about the Olympic games in ancient Greece, where it all began.

6. ABC Teach Olympics Lots of Olympic-related activities to print and do. Wordsearches, scrambles, trivia, math and more.

7. Unusual Sports in the Olympics Curling, biathalon, snowboarding, the Paralympics and more!

8. Sports Science meets the Olympics Science in the service of the Olympics

Ski jumping at the Olympics. Many Olympic skiers train atLake Tahoe.

Mascots and Motto of the Salt Lake City, Utah Olympics:
Hare, Coyote and American Black Bear
"Faster, higher, stronger"