Winter Olympics 2010

Winter Olympics 2010
An Internet Hotlist on Winter Olympics 2010

created by lymande
Genet and DPS Elementary School

Introduction
In addition to using books to find out about the Olympics, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started to help you complete your alphabet book for the classroom

The Internet Resources

Biathlon Information - Click on any of the links and you will be taken to descriptions of this Olympic sport.
Biathlon in Vancouver - Many links here for this sport including past winners.
Cross Country Ski Areas Association - Links to equipment, clothing, etc.
Cross Country Skiing Techniques - More information for Allison!!
Ski Jumping in Canada - The winter Olympics site featuring the sport of ski jumping.
Ski Jumping in the Winter Olympics - Who to watch this year in Vancouver.
The What,Where, When and How of Cross Country Skiing - A plethora of information on cross country skiing.
The World Performance Cross Country Skiing - The entire website is devoted to the sport of cross country skiing.

Ice Hockey

Spotlight on Ice Hockey - Information on the sport of Ice Hockey

Curling

Curling - Some people who were good at the sport of curling
Curling History - Also a list of who was good at curling
Curling and how many countries - give a total
How many people and countries - Today, more than a million people across 35 countries play, and it is most popular in Canada.
Spotlight on Curling - Learn all about the sport of curling

SnowBoarding

Snowboard legends Preparing for Olympics - Recent news article on prep for Feb.
Snowboarding History - Learn about the beginnings of this fairly new sport to the Olympics
Snowboarding Information Please - Breaks down the scoring.
Snowboarding at the Olympics - Also includes athletes who participated in the sport.

General Information on the Olympics

Athletes Cook Up A Storm at Center - An article that describes how the athletes prepare their bodies for the Olympics by preparing the proper foods.
Bank failure hits US Speedskating hard - Recent problems in the economy may cause some of the Olympic sports to suffer this year.
Olympic Games Home Page - Locate all types of information the Olympic Games at this site.
Olympic athletes wary of H1N1 - The athletes are wondering about the virus.
Vancouver 2010 - The official olympic site for the winter games this year

Bobsledding

Spotlight on Bobsledding - Learn the history, etc. on the sport of bobsledding.

Ice skating

Figure Skating Basics - Basic techniques for skating.
Figure skating techniques - Basic moves when ice skating
How To Become an Ice Dancer - Steps to becoming a great ice dancer.
Ice Dancing Vs. Pairs Skating - This web page will tell you the difference between the two. Be sure to check it out.
Ice Skating Basics - Basic techniques of skating
Ice Skating and some prominent figures - Background information and some memorable moments in the history of skating.
Ice Skating equipment and history - Detailed descriptions of the equipment needed for skating and the history of skating.
Information on Ice Skating - Ice skating facts and prominent people in the history of the sport of skating
Speed Skating - This is the Vancouver site featuring all the different sports in the Olympics this winter.
Speed Skating Basics - This website on the Sochi Winter Olympics of 2014 describes the history and basics of the sport.
Speed skating Information - Basic facts about the sport.
TonyHartingNancyKerriganBrawl - Facts on the incident
US ice dancing pair set sights on gold in 2010 - News article from the Chicago newspaper about a dancing pair making their way to the Olympics in February.
Vancouver Ice skating - Describes what to expect this Feb.

Content by lymande, lymande@egcsd.org
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Last revised Sat Oct 31 16:00:52 US/Pacific 2009