8/13/2019 Winter Olympic Activity

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Let the Games Begin!

Is there a corr elat ion between winn ing go ld

medals and important data?

Overview

In this ongoing activity throughout the 2014

winter games in Sochi, students follow the

events and record which country won a gold

medal. After that, students collect data on the

winning country. After the events are complete,

students work together to see if there is acorrelation of data points to winning countries.

Directions

1. Share the spreadsheet electronically or print

out with each of the events.

2. Challenge students to collect data regarding

the events and the winning country

throughout the games. (Teacher Note:

Consider splitting up some of the events by

groups and assigning individual students

Ice, Alpine (Skiing/Snowboarding), or Nordic

events.

3. Once the games are complete, place the

students into small groups. Challenge them

to find two or three common data points and

winning countries.

4. In a large group discussion, have small

groups report out where they find a

correlation between winning countries and a

data point.

5. Have students write a short blog post or

essay on the single most important data

point when it comes to success at the

games.

Activity Resources

Official Olympic Site

for Results

DownloadSpreadsheet for

Students

Gapminder for

Research

CIA World Factbook

for Research

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