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JULY 2004

Olympic Games Come to Classroom Via the Web

EdGate is bringing the Olympic Games directly to the classroom with the launch of its new “Gateway to the Summer Games” website that provides educators a host of resources, lesson plans and tools designed to teach students about the Olympics. Available at www.EdGate.com/summergames, the website includes sample lesson plans and worksheets for teachers, activities and games for students, and a tremendous amount of facts and historical information on the Olympic Games. In addition, students and teachers can research and study facts about the Paralympic Games, physical fitness techniques of Olympic athletes, the geography and history of Athens itself, and a number of other grade and subject-specific curricula designed to empower and enrich young minds.

The site offers the only official Olympic-themed lesson plans available to educators and students. Additionally, the Paralympics Games section has garnered official recognition by the International, Canadian and U.S. Paralympic committees.

EdGate combines Web resources, state educational standards, and statistical prioritization of state testing criteria to empower the K-12 educational community to make data-driven decisions that improve student achievement.

EdGate products include its signature offering, the Curriculum Matrix, an up-to-date database of state education standards that are mapped to a school district’s curriculum and prioritized based on historical and anticipated testing criteria. A Web-based application desktop for teachers  enables them to build classroom Web pages, publish class calendars and homework, communicate with parents, and research more than 50,000 educational resources.

Correlation Services offer educational publishers and content providers the opportunity to re-publish their content, correlating their products directly to specific state standards and testing criteria. EdGate, which offers the tools and resources to assist educators meet the expectations of “No Child Left Behind” legislation, is headquartered in Gig Harbor, Wash. More information is available at www.EdGate.com.#

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