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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Games' Medals

For Students K - 1st Standards
Who could have won the gold, silver and bronze medals? This activity is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 1.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Who Can Be the Winner?

For Students K - 1st
Who won in these different events? This is a more challenging activity for primary pupils at Key Stage 1, which helps children understand why sometimes the winner has the biggest number and sometimes the smallest.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet?" Explore this informative resource filled with links to lesson plans and activities.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Announcing: Photo Upload

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about direct photo upload to the Habitat Network crowdsourcing citizen science website.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Lengthy Journeys: Olympic Torch Relay

For Students K - 1st
Can you plan routes for the Olympic Torch to visit these cities? How far will it travel? How long will it take? This activity gives children the opportunity to calculate using distance and time and is aimed at Key Stage 2 primary school...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The American Revolution: Heroes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this lesson students will understand the significance of those who served during the American Revolution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: 10 Olympic Starters

For Students 10th - 12th
These 10 questions encourage students to explore mathematical modelling in the context of several different sports including track and field athletics, shooting, football, tennis, basketball and gymnastics. This activity is designed to...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Records

For Students 5th - 8th
Can you work out which Olympics athletics event each anonymised graph of Olympic records data represents? This activity, aimed at Key Stage 3 (age 11-14), gives students the opportunity to make sense of graphical data and challenges them...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
Four sporty brainteasers in the context of fencing, hockey, football and international medal tables. This activity challenges students to be resourceful, to think logically and to work systematically, and is designed to be accessible to...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Triathlon

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you think the triathlon will be won by someone who is very strong in one event and average in the other two, or someone who is strong in all three disciplines? This activity challenges students to analyse real-life data and use their...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Olympic Torch Tour

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you find the best route for the Olympic Torch relay to take? This more challenging activity is designed to be accessible to GCSE maths students (grades 8, 9, and 10).
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Speed of the Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Team games like football, hockey, basketball, handball and wheelchair rugby are played on pitches or courts of different sizes with different numbers of players. The density of players on the pitch plays a significant role in determining...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Match the Matches

For Students K - 1st Standards
Decide which charts and graphs represent the number of goals two football teams scored in fifteen matches. This data handling activity is designed to get children talking meaningfully about mathematics, presenting and justifying...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Cards

For Students K - 1st
Play our sporty card game with 24 cards featuring information about Olympic athletes past and present. This game is aimed at primary school pupils at Key Stages 1 and 2.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Rings

For Students K - 1st Standards
This activity explores shapes and circles by encouraging children to look really hard at something they will see very often in the run-up to London 2012, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 1.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Turns

For Students K - 1st Standards
What angles can you see in these photos of Olympic sports? Can you estimate them? This challenging activity is aimed at older primary pupils at Key Stage 2.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Olympic Flame: Are You in the 95%?

For Students 9th - 10th
The organisers of the Olympic Torch Relay hope that the planned route means that the Torch will come within 10 miles of 95% of the population of Britain. Has this worked? This activity can be approached at different levels by a wide...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Arsenal Collection: Football Formations

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
How many different football team formations can you find? This activity provides an engaging real-life context to investigate simple combinations, and is aimed at Key Stage 3 students.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Measures

For Students 5th - 8th
Can you match these records and measurements to the correct event at the Olympic Games? This activity invites students to engage with units of measurement and orders of magnitude, and is aimed at secondary students at Key Stage 3.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Olympic Logo

For Students 9th - 10th
How would you write a LOGO program to approximately reproduce the Olympic Rings logo? This activity is designed to be accessible to students at all levels of secondary maths (Key Stages 3, 4 and 5).
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Starters

For Students K - 1st
How do you compare to these results from Olympic Games in the past if you try similar running and jumping activities? This activity uses the history of the Olympic Games to introduce ideas about measuring time and distances in standard...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Sports Equipment

For Students K - 1st Standards
Sports such as hockey, football, basketball and tennis use balls of different sizes. Can you arrange a selection of different balls in a line each touching the next to make the shortest line? This activity offers opportunities for...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Speed/time Problems at the Olympics

For Students 9th - 10th
8 speed/time problems from Olympic athletics, rowing, and cycling aimed at GCSE students (grades 8, 9, and 10). This activity encourages investigation and research for some parts of the questions and gives students opportunities to...
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EL Education

El Education: The Crusades

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research the math and physics behind various weapons used during the crusades to write an illustrate articles to add to a class book.