Olympics EnchantedLearning.comThe Olympic Games 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia The 2014 Winter Olympics were in Sochi, Russia. The opening ceremony was on February 7, 2014. The closing ceremony was on February 23, 2014. Over 85 nations and more than 2500 athletes competed. The motto of the Sochi Olympics was 'Hot. The Ancient Olympics: The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men. The four-year period between the Olympic games was called an olympiad. The Modern Olympic Games: Over a fifteen hundred years later, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937) (a French educator and sportsman) revived the Olympic Games. The Flag of the Olympic Games: Olympic Medals: Links:
Can you solve these 5 TED-Ed riddles? Riddles can be relaxing — or devilishly difficult. Ready to tackle some brain teasers? Watch the 5 TED-Ed Lessons below. 1. Can you solve the temple riddle? Your expedition finally stands at the heart of the ancient temple. 2. Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. 3. You and nine other individuals have been captured by super-intelligent alien overlords. 4. Before he turned physics upside down, a young Albert Einstein supposedly showed off his genius by devising a complex riddle involving a stolen exotic fish and a long list of suspects. 5. One hundred green-eyed logicians have been imprisoned on an island by a mad dictator.
Swimming pool | Maths and Sport: Countdown to the Games This activity uses the familiar environment of a swimming pool to introduce negative numbers, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stages 1 and 2. Have you been to a swimming pool lately? When you start learning about swimming it may be that you will go down the steps carefully to reach the bottom, or use the ladder from the side of the pool. Here's a picture of a set of steps and the ladder. You'll probably notice that I've coloured the steps. The first step into the water is light green, the second step is purple, the third red and so on. 1. 2. 3. Maybe it's time to number these coloured steps. Can you invent your own way of numbering the steps which go under the water? When you've numbered your steps in some way perhaps you'd like to send in the pictures? Detailed teachers' notes for this activity are available on our NRICH website, where you can also find thousands more mathematical resources including problems, investigations and games for all ages from 5 to 19.
Out of the blocks – Maths and Science Series 2012 – News All the latest news and updates from the series. One of our greatest Olympic Athletes, Sir Chris Hoy, took his bike for a spin around the new velodrome in Glasgow last week. The venue, named the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, will form one of the centrepieces of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.The velodrome’s track has been built from Siberian pine, the same wood as was used for the London 2012 track. Check out pages 22-23 of the Maths or Science ActiveTeach for a time-lapse video showing the construction of the London 2012 track. You can use the same pages to look at the Maths and Science of track cycling with your students. The Science Activity Book looks at thermoregulation, and why the London 2012 Velodrome was kept at a sweltering 28°C! There is only one month to go until a plethora of sheep, horses, ducks and cows welcome the world to London 2012!
reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry | Australian Academy of Science Read the fact sheet ‘reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry’ is a national program that provides Australian schools in Foundation to Year 10 with resources to help students learn mathematics in an innovative and engaging way. Resources are available free to all Australian students and teachers. reSolve is managed by the Australian Academy of Science in collaboration with the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. reSolve will engage with and draw from the work of leading teachers, principals and academics from around the country. At the centre of reSolve is the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry Protocol. Read the protocol Background information As part of the preparation for the reSolve program, the Academy conducted a desktop review of teaching approaches and learning resources for mathematics school education. Read the review (PDF, 473 KB) reSolve newsletter reSolve team Find out more about the reSolve team.
The LEMMA series Series editor and principal writer: Dr Caroline Yoon (The University of Auckland) LEMMA series overview School mathematics curricula are often criticised as being “a mile wide and an inch deep”. They cover a large range of topics, but only superficially. This can be frustrating for teachers who see mathematics as a joyful, captivating, and aesthetic experience, and wish to empower their students to use mathematical concepts flexibly and productively in contexts within and beyond the mathematics classroom. The LEMMA series is a collection of booklets that contain sequences of metamathematical activities, which invite students to go beyond memorising and applying rules and skills, to thinking, working, and communicating with intriguing mathematical structures on a higher level. Topics in the series Each sequence of metamathematical activities follows the same structure: Each topic in the series includes: A sample pack of all five topics in the series is also available for purchase.
Can you solve the control room riddle? - Dennis Shasha Much of this educator’s work concerns a mixture of logic with educated guesses. This educator teaches a class called Heuristic Problem Solving in which students face puzzles every week and write computer programs to solve them. Some of those students have turned those puzzles into two or more people computer games. A few of those games even include an Artificially Intelligent opponent. Please visit the doctor ecco site to create an account and try the games. Like paper and pencil challenges? Love this riddle? Love the challenge of puzzles and riddles? Can you solve the locker riddle?