Categories: Educator Development

What does it take to host the Olympics?

Hosting the Summer or Winter Games is a huge undertaking for any city. What infrastructure, like roads, transportation, housing and venues, is needed to make the Games a success? What happens to the stadiums after the Olympics are over and the crowds leave? Who pays for the Games? Is this infrastructure built sustainably?

Test your knowledge and take this quiz with your students!

To learn more about sustainable infrastructure and Sustainable Development Goal 9, sign up for this free course from our sister company, Participate Inc.: Transform Our World: Infrastructure.

Caroline Weeks

Caroline Weeks is a marketing consultant at Participate Learning. She is passionate about using the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for global learning.

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