London Marathon - 21st April 2024
A collection of resources linked to the London Marathon that explore:-
- the forces involved in running and specifically air resistance
- the engineering involved in developing products such as advanced running shoes, or running blades for amputees and people born without legs, and sports wheelchairs.
- maths problems linked to running a race such as finding out the probability, and in what sequence, they would expect the runners to finish and predicting when runners would lap another runner based on their speed and postilion along the route
- designing a timer to record the time taken to run short distances
- accurately measuring distances
- designing an eye-catching costume to stand out in the crowd!
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Probability Mystery
This resource, written by Shirley Fall, has fourteen cards with statements about the likelihood of six different runners winning a race. Students are tasked with using the statements on the cards to determine who is most likely to win the race, with what probability, and in what sequence they would expect the...
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| Subject(s) | Design and technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Physics |
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| Age | 5-7, 7-11, 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2020 to date |
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| Direct URL | https://www-dev.stem.org.uk/cxhxzk |
