Introduction
Students will look at math found in the Sochi Winter Olympics. The Official Sochi Olympic website will be used to look at the events, athletes, medal counts and schedules for the games. The relationship between math and the Olympic Games will be explored using the following math standards: Collect data for specific Winter Olympic Events Graph data using various methods discussed in class. Find mean, median, mode and range to compare sets of data Make inferences, conjectures, and preditions based on graphs and data Sstudents will be able to associate math concepts to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
Task
Your task is to pick one event from the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, held in Sochi, Russia. You will choose data that you feel is comparable, presentable and related to that event. You will want to consider speeds, distances, points, scores, times and records. In the end, you will make inferences about the data you collect.
Process
Step 1: Collect data Pick an event at the Official Olympic Website. A. Record which countries were awarded medals in men's and women's competitions. Gold Silver Bronze B. Now collect the results of each contestant in that event. If there were multiple trys or trials, use that contestants best result.
Step 2: Decide how you will present your information. (Bar graph, Scatter plot, Box and whisker)
Step 3: A. Using the time data in Heat 1 Part B, find mean, median, mode of each medal awarded. B. Using the time data, answer the following questions: 1. In the bronze category, what was the longest time recorded to complete the course? 2. In the gold category, what was the shortest time recorded to complete the course? 3. What is the range of these two categories?
Evaluation
You will be evaluated on three areas: Data Collection, Data presentation and Data Analysis. Each of the three areas is worth 10 points.
Conclusion
You have completed your task of applying math to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Collecting, organizing and analyzing data are skills that used in many occupations.