Edgewood Highland School Library: Summer Olympics

Fun Facts About Paris!

• Population of France:  Over 67 million
• Population of Paris:  Over 2 million
• The Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris
• The Louvre is the world's largest museum
• Paris has more dogs than children

Fun Facts About The 2024 Summer Olympics

• The Olympics will run from July 26 to August 11, 2024 (19 days!)
• re will be 10,500 athletes participating in the Olympics from 206 countries
• The Olympics will include 329 medal events
• There will be 4 new sports this year - breaking, sport climbing, skateboarding, and surfing

Look at torch that is being used for the Olympic Torch Relay before the games!

Look at the medals that will be given out at the games!

For more information about the Olympics, visit these sites:

Check out the video below to see some highlights of the Olympic Games!

How do you play handball?

How high is an Olympic diving board?

When did Canoe slolam become an Olympic sport?

 Find out here!  

For this assignment, you will be looking up information  about a specific summer Olympic sport!

Directions:

1.  Go to http://www.olympic.org/sports

2.  Choose a SUMMER sport to research.

3.  Download the document above.

4.  Type the answers to the questions right into the document.

5.  Print the document.

6.  If you finish early, use the links in the "More Information" box to discover more about the Olympics.