Hosting the Olympic Summer Games
Subtitle: Elapsed Time
Series: Mathematics readers. Measurement; Mathematics readers
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hungtington Beach, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
ISBN-13: 9781433391538
Subjects: Sports; Juvenile literature; Technological innovations; Olympics; Records; Time measurements; Problem solving
Description: Every Olympics has a host city. The ancient Olympic games were held every 4 years in Greece, but the modern Olympic Games have been over 20 different host cities. The Games use stadiums where spectators can watch the events. The Olympic Games help tourism in the host cities. The host cities have to house and feed the athletes and it can cost them around 10 billion U.S. dollars.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Olympic history; title: Host cities; title: Sporting venues; title: Sporting events; title: Tourism; title: Roads and transportation; title: Looking after the athletes; title: More and more athletes; title: Counting the cost; title: Host city timeline; title: Problem-solving activity.