Year 9 Olympic links

These websites might help the Year 9 students with their Olympic country research. You will need to use several of them if you want to find all the information you need!

Facts about countries
CIA world factbook
Infoplease
Atlapedia
Countries and Cities
Countryfacts
Factmonster
And of course - the search engines!
Google
MSN
Yahoo
Ask
Ask for kids

When you get on to the second side, you need to find out about the city you have chosen for your country. Often the best one to do is the capital city as there is usually lots of information. For most countries the following websites might be useful:
Lonely Planet (make sure you type in your city to the search box at the top left)
Time Out
AOL City Guides
Rough Guides (choose the drop down menu under 'City')
MSN City Guides