Two years from yesterday, the London Olympics begin and the “hype” has begun! And since it has, I figured this was as good as time as any to begin a “The Best…” list for the upcoming event (which will certainly have many additions to it over the next two years).

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Here are my choices for The Best Sites For Learning About The London 2012 Olympics:

Two Years Out is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.

The CBBC Newsround has many accessible resources.

In pictures: Two years until the London Olympics is a BBC slideshow.

Get Set London 2012 is the official site for educators. It’s beginning to build-up a nice set of resources, like an Olympic Values Game and a very good Olympic History slideshow.

The official site for the London Olympics has a number of multimedia resources.

The Olympic Museum’s Heroes! site is a must-see.

The BBC’s Primary History site on the ancient Greek Olympics is very good.

Scholastic’s Go For The Gold has some dated activities, but also a number of still useful resources.

History of the Marathon is an interactive book with audio support for the text.

Word Hurdles is a game for English Language Learners on the history of the Olympics.

Sporting English is another game for ELL’s on words that might be used at the Olympics.

The Language Olympics is a neat infographic showing the languages spoken on each of the continents. Once you go to the link, you have to scroll down to get to it. You’ll pass another infographic related to world languages that I personally find rather incomprehensible, but it might just be me.

The route for the 2012 London Olympics Torch relay was recently chosen. The BBC has a slideshow on the history of the relay.

London 2012: a virtual tour of the Olympic Park is from The Guardian.

London’s Olympic Venues is a Wall Street Journal slideshow.

New aerial photos of London 2012 Olympic Games venues is from The Telegraph.

English For 2012 is a special feature created by The British Council for English Language Learners.

London 2012: Torch relay heading for 1,000 places is from the BBC and has numerous interactives.

The Children’s Olympics is a useful interactive from Succeeding With Science.

English For The Games is a special ESL/EFL site set-up by the British Council for the upcoming Olympics.

Olympic Preparations for London 2012 is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.

London 2012: Seven Unique Venues for the Olympic Games is a slideshow from TIME.

Top athletes to keep an eye on at the London Olympics is from the Associated Press.

Olympic Project is from David Deubelbeiss.

London 2012: Olympic Games flame lit in Greece is from The BBC.

Lighting the 2012 Olympic Flame is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.

Greece Lights Olympic Torch is a slideshow from TIME.

I’m sure I’ll be adding a zillion resources to this list in the future, and suggestions are welcome.

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