Daily updates of Kodak Olympic Picture of the Day, blog posts and other Olympic action direct from Beijing.
http://www.kodak.com/go/olympics

Competition Schedules
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml
How many different sports are in the Summer Olympics? How long has each sport been in the Olympics? Research sports that are no longer part of the Olympics. What are demonstration sports? How many different sports have you tried that are in the Olympics?

Note: This is a sister post to Olympics 2008 where I will add new things to.

XXIX Olympiad opening date is August 8, 2008
International Olympic Committee
Official Site of the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Wikipedia: 2008 Summer Olympics
Walter McKenzie’s One and Only Suftaquarium lists lots of great links to learn about the Olympics and China.
Cross-curricular Olympic-themed lesson plans
The United States Olympic Committee has lesson plans and downloads for Olympians in Life, an ongoing education program for grades K-12. You must register (free) to use the education site. The USOC‘s website needs a bit of updating for Beijing 2008, but there’s some good info here.
Summer Olympics 2008 Unit Study at Homeschool Share
Swimming Mini Unit from Homeschool Helper
Great Wall of China writing paper
Beijing 2008 Olympics Learning Resources link list at Teacher Planet
Explore the political and cultural aspects of the ancient Greek games
Olympic Activities at Enchanted Learning
All About China
Olympic Lesson Plans
Learn Mandarin Chinese with Zon an interactive online role playing game

Parenting Games Sure, the Olympics are fun, but how often do you get to throw a javelin or dance on a balance beam in your day-to-day life? Here you can compete against others online in infant years parenting skill tests … diapering, feeding, toy clean-up, bathing and more!
The New York Times 2008 Olympics Blog

The Olympic Flame, or Olympic Fire, is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the Olympics in 1928, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. The Olympic Games endured at Olympia for over 1,000 years before the rise of Christianity consigned them to history until the first modern games were held in Athens in 1896.

Check out some of these books, dvds or software from your library to get you started before the opening ceremonies

Now in its fourth year, American Express Women’s Golf Month is a precedent-setting collaboration of the top U.S. golf organizations aimed at increasing the participation of women in golf. Scheduled to be held at golf facilities across the U.S. from Sunday, June 1 through Monday, June 30, 2008, American Express Women’s Golf Month will offer women 14 years of age and older free golf lessons and golf-related networking and social activities customized by each host facility.

In addition to complimentary golf instruction from PGA and LPGA Professionals, participating host facilities may offer activities such as networking receptions, golf rules and etiquette seminars, club fitting, equipment demonstrations, golf apparel fashion shows, luncheons and contests. Complimentary use of golf clubs will be available at all locations. While golf instruction will be offered free of charge at all locations, other activities such as dining and on-course playing opportunities will be offered for a nominal fee.

Iditarod XXXVI starts on March 1, 2008
Iditarod XXXVII starts on March 7, 2009
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Iditarod Teachers Portal
Nature Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic
Iditarod Education Expedition
Balto
The Iditarod: Fact, Not Fiction
What about the dogs?

Check out some of these books from your library to get you started before race time: March 1, 2008.

Iditarod Links
These links will help you as you learn about the Iditarod.

Iditarod XXXVI starts on March 1, 2008
The Official Site of the Iditarod Regular updates during the race, musher biographies, educational info and more.
Iditarod Teachers Portal
Nature Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic
Cabelas Iditarod
Cabela’s Iditarod Education Expedition The Iditarod Education Expedition is an activity center designed for students, teachers, and parents who wish to learn more about the Iditarod Trail race and have lots of fun too.
Balto
The Iditarod: Fact, Not Fiction
Wikipedia: Iditarod
The eIditarod Project If you are looking for a fun unit study this winter, check out http://surfaquarium.com/eIDITAROD/. It’s a fun group that follows the Iditarod. Kids choose “mushers”, make homemade maps of Alaska, can do projects, etc. It’s geared for all ages. Classrooms and homeschool families join. The kids can check on line every day to follow the mushers progress.
What about the dogs?