We've been having great fun this week exploring 'Numbers in the Olympics'. We've created a wall in our class where we put a sticky-note every time we find a new fact to do with numbers in the Olympics. Our wall was very bare on Monday, but by today, Wednesday, it's looking great and The Games haven't even started yet!
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| Wall of Numbers |
We worked in groups to find every one of the 206 countries competing in the Olympic Games, on our world map. We used google maps to find the distance from Rio to each of the countries and then placed a pin on the map to show where the country was.
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| Using google maps to find the distance |
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| 206 pins on the map |
We had an interesting discussion about how a 'flat' map can make things different to a 'globe' because on a flat map some countries look like they are on the other side of the world to Rio but they are actually right beside them when you look at a globe.
We also found out that Usain Bolt holds the world record for the 100m sprint race with a time of 9.62 seconds. Some of the class thought they could probably run 100metres in that time, so we tried it out.....
Watch this space for more Olympic fun over the next couple of weeks!
Cool, it looks like the class is learning lots of interesting information about the Olympics, I can't wait until I can watch some of our athletes compete on tv. I wonder how fast the teachers can run 100m?? GO THE KIWI's, Bring back lots of medals!!
ReplyDeleteSian Wisnewski
Think you'll be waiting a while to see the teacher's sprinting!
DeleteThink you'll be waiting a while to see the teacher's sprinting!
DeleteWow you have all been busy. Did anyone bet Bolts time? ☺
ReplyDeleteOur times ranged from 17 seconds to about 30 secondso, so a wee way to go yet!
DeleteLots of real life learning Room 4. Maths is everywhere in our daily lives. Have fun exploring the Olympics with your Maths Hats on!!! Mrs Waite
ReplyDeleteKia ora,
ReplyDeleteI am at a conference today with some teachers/leaders from your school - when they said they were from Toko School I wanted to check out your website and I stumbled across your class blog. You are very lucky to have such amazing learning experiences in your classroom. I can't believe how many facts you have found out about numbers in the Olympics! It must have been very interesting to find all of the countries on Google Maps. There are so many countries that I hadn't even heard of before! How many countries were new to you? Good on you for getting out there and seeing how fast you could run 100 metres in, I bet that made you realise how much of a super star Usain Bolt is! Thanks for sharing your learning.
Nga mihi
Tania