Lovelock’s victory at the Berlin Olympics, by an unknown photographer, 1936. Alexander Turnbull Library. MSX-2261-062

London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games

Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This site covers a vast array of topics focusing on the 2012 games from schedule of events, torch relay, latest news and updates, heritage of the games, park venues and more. Also offers more in-depth information on background subjects such as advertising, infrastructure, sustainability and funding.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.london2012.com

Olympic Movement

This is the official site of the Olympic Movement. Offers a searchable database that allows you to find information on past games, medalled athletes, participating countries, sports involved from the 1896 games to present. ‘Olympic.org’ features accurate Olympic Games facts and statistics in an accessible format for a range of levels.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.olympic.org

London Olympic Venues

London has spent £11 billion to stage the Olympics. This site presents a collective illustration of all the major venues (and more) associated with the London 2012 Olympics, including the North Greenwich Arena and ExCel Centre. The illustration can be enlarged, embedded and shared.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.londontown.com/London/London-Olympic-Venues

New Zealand Olympic Committee

This official site of the New Zealand Olympic Committee has information on the New Zealand contribution and effort at the Olympic Games. All with a New Zealand focus the site features athlete biographies, popular past games and teams and results. An Education section offers downloadable educational resources for teaching programmes, also has links to the NZ Olympic Museum.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://www.olympic.org.nz/

Ballparks

This site is devoted to providing a historical guide to stadiums and arenas past, present and future. There is a section dedicated to Olympic stadiums detailing sporting facilities from the Roman Colosseum to 2016 Rio de Janeiro.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://olympics.ballparks.com

BBC: Primary History, Ancient Greeks

Part of the BBC Schools section, this interactive site covers a range of information on the history of ancient Greece and of course the Olympic Games. Wide ranges of activities are included from games and quizzes to photos and maps as well as links to other reliable Ancient Greece content sites.

Suggested level: primary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks

Olympics 30 Great Olympic Stories

The ‘Olympics 30’ site aims to share stories from past and future Olympian heroes to inspire and motivate. This website has compiled Olympic specific lists for ‘Top 30 Inspirational Stories’, ‘Top 30 Runners’ and ‘Top 30 Gold Potentials’. Detailed information is offered for each contender.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.olympics30.com

Olympic Games

In this primary sources gallery you will find a range of historical primary sources relating to New Zealand and the Olympic Games over the last 70 or so years. These mainly relate to 20th century New Zealanders who won medals at the Olympic Games. The images range from paintings and photographs to cartoons and diary entries.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/culture-identity-heritage/primary-sources/gallery/olympic-games

Famous Symbols of the Olympic Games

Small site with design based information about Olympic Games symbols such as the Olympic rings, the Olympic Torch, the olive wreath and the medals.

Suggested level: primary
http://www.technologystudent.com/despro2/olymp2.htm

Fact Monster: Sports: Olympics

The ‘Olympics’ section within the ‘Fact Monster’ website covers a range on information about the Olympics ideal for primary school levels. Readers can follow a timeline from the first Olympic games to present following hyper linked text within the timeline readers can learn more about Olympic heroes and feats, games, history and meanings of Olympic symbols, ancient Greece and other vast array of information in an easy to read format.

Suggested level: primary
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0114094.html

Ancient Greece

Part of the British Museum website, ‘Ancient Greece’ covers a range of information on daily life, arts and entertainments. There is a separate Olympics section where students can experience the early 5 day Olympic event an through an interactive activity.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/menu.html

New Zealand History Online

Part of the ‘New Zealand History Online’ website produced by Ministry of Culture and Heritage, features an Olympic media gallery (photos, video and sound), biographies and Olympic stories. there are also suggested classroom activities for related topics and links to other resources.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/olympics

Foundation of the Hellenic World

From ‘The Hellenic Foundation’ this comes this interactive 360 degrees tour of the Ancient Greek City Miletus. Also offers links to other resources for Ancient Greece information.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://www.fhw.gr/choros/miletus/360vr/en