Olympic Records

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Problem, Clue, Solution, Teachers' note

Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?

Teaching approach. This lesson idea is about reasoning, justifying, convincing and proof^(ta).

The collection of NRICH activities are designed to develop students capacity to work as a mathematician. Exploring, questioning, working systematically, visualising, conjecturing, explaining, generalising, justifying, proving are all at the heart of mathematical thinking.

This particular resource has been adapted from an original NRICH resource. NRICH promotes the learning of mathematics through problem solving. NRICH provides engaging problems, linked to the curriculum, with support for teachers in the classroom. Working on these problems will introduce students to key mathematical process skills. They offer students an opportunity to learn by exploring, noticing structure and discussing their insights, which in turn can lead to conjecturing, explaining, generalising, convincing and proof.

The Teachers’ Notes provided focus on the pedagogical implications of teaching a curriculum that aims to provoke mathematical thinking. They assume that teachers will aim to do for students only what they cannot yet do for themselves. As a teacher, consider how this particular lesson idea can provoke mathematical thinking. How can you support students' exploration? How can you support conjecturing, explaining, generalising, convincing and proof?.

Resource details
Title	Olympic Records
Topic	[[Topics/Handling Data|Handling Data]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Reasoning|Reasoning]],  justifying,  [[Teaching Approaches/convincing and proof|convincing and proof]]
Learning Objectives	Reasoning, justifying, convincing and proof
Subject	[[Resources/Maths|Maths]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/KS3|KS3]]
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	The following NRICH resources have the teaching approach "Reasoning, justifying, convincing and proof": Olympic Records The following NRICH resources have the topic "Handling Data": All in a Jumble, Olympic Records
Files and resources to view and download	The following parts are available: Problem, Clue, Solution, Teachers' note. The original problem is available on the NRICH website here.
Acknowledgement	The NRICH website http://nrich.maths.org publishes free mathematics resources designed to challenge, engage and develop the mathematical thinking of students aged 5 to 19. NRICH also offers support for teachers by publishing Teachers’ Resources for use in the classroom.
License	CC-By, with kind permission from NRICH. This resource was adapted from an original NRICH resource.