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A Measure of Greatness

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a variety of Olympic themed activities in order to measure their results. For this measurement lesson, students participate in cotton ball shot put, paper plate discuss throw, and other events to have fun while...
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Money Mathematicians

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners compete in a Money Math Olympics. Students work in teams to compete for speed and accuracy working math problems. Learners keep track, in their math journals, of the number of problems solved accurately. Teams with the 3 highest...
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Rename to Subtract Fractions Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this renaming fractions activity, students rename fractions to be able to subtract them. Students complete 10 regular problems and 3 word problems.
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Snowboarding! Join the U.S. Team: Olympics, Math, Weather

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make weather predictions and observations, research the cost of snowboarding equipment, and use their math skills to plot the course of a Giant Slalom Snowboarding event.
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Olympic Games Snowboard Design: Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Arts, Global Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students gather information about a country and work as a team. They use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represents the country they pick. They explore locations, languages, flags, and emblems for various countries.
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Perfection on Ice!: Math, Geometry, Fibonacci Numbers, Olympics

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use the human body as a foundation for gaining practice in measuring angles and calculating ratios and proportions.
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Kindergarten Memories

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a monthly memory and compile it into a Kindergarten Memory Book.  In this memory book lesson plan, students create a monthly memory page.  Students create a graphic organizer in Kidspiration which is developed...
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Downhill Discoveries

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are involved in hands-on activities to determine how course conditions affect bobsled, luge, and downhill ski races.
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Metric Measurement Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Teaching students about the metric system can be a hands on experience combining games, activities, and projects.
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"NSN, Fractions/Decimals" Investigations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders engage in a "layered" unit of discovery. There are three levels of potential learning opportunities, in the spirit of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver (bronze, silver, gold). The instructional activity is based upon fractions.
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Ordering Numbers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ordering numbers worksheet, students solve and complete 4 different types of problems. First, they put the quantities into order from smallest to largest. Then, students find numbers that can be placed between each set shown.
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DOWNHILL DISCOVERIES

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students studykinetic energy, friction, drag and acceleration by relating it to the Winter Olympics.  In this physical properties lesson plan students create tracks and determine how the course conditions affect bobsled, luge...
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Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this nouns worksheet, students practice their grammatical skills as they read 4 sentence sets and select the sentence which names a person or an animal in the bold print. Students also complete 4 sentences with the appropriate noun.
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Ocean Animals vs. Humans

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars use critical thinking skills to solve word problems using ratios that allow them to compare humans to ocean animals.
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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: 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Olympics Content: Math and Science Behind Olympic Sports

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This group of resources use interest in Olympic sports to teach math and physics concepts. Students learn about velocity, the role of gravity, the importance of...