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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Triathlon
Do you think the triathlon will be won by someone who is very strong in one event and average in the other two, or someone who is strong in all three disciplines? This activity challenges students to analyse real-life data and use their...
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Olympic Torch Tour
Can you find the best route for the Olympic Torch relay to take? This more challenging activity is designed to be accessible to GCSE maths students (grades 8, 9, and 10).
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Speed of the Game
Team games like football, hockey, basketball, handball and wheelchair rugby are played on pitches or courts of different sizes with different numbers of players. The density of players on the pitch plays a significant role in determining...
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Match the Matches
Decide which charts and graphs represent the number of goals two football teams scored in fifteen matches. This data handling activity is designed to get children talking meaningfully about mathematics, presenting and justifying...
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Cards
Play our sporty card game with 24 cards featuring information about Olympic athletes past and present. This game is aimed at primary school pupils at Key Stages 1 and 2.
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Rings
This activity explores shapes and circles by encouraging children to look really hard at something they will see very often in the run-up to London 2012, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 1.
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Turns
What angles can you see in these photos of Olympic sports? Can you estimate them? This challenging activity is aimed at older primary pupils at Key Stage 2.
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Olympic Flame: Are You in the 95%?
The organisers of the Olympic Torch Relay hope that the planned route means that the Torch will come within 10 miles of 95% of the population of Britain. Has this worked? This activity can be approached at different levels by a wide...
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Arsenal Collection: Football Formations
How many different football team formations can you find? This activity provides an engaging real-life context to investigate simple combinations, and is aimed at Key Stage 3 students.
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Measures
Can you match these records and measurements to the correct event at the Olympic Games? This activity invites students to engage with units of measurement and orders of magnitude, and is aimed at secondary students at Key Stage 3.
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Olympic Logo
How would you write a LOGO program to approximately reproduce the Olympic Rings logo? This activity is designed to be accessible to students at all levels of secondary maths (Key Stages 3, 4 and 5).
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Starters
How do you compare to these results from Olympic Games in the past if you try similar running and jumping activities? This activity uses the history of the Olympic Games to introduce ideas about measuring time and distances in standard...
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Sports Equipment
Sports such as hockey, football, basketball and tennis use balls of different sizes. Can you arrange a selection of different balls in a line each touching the next to make the shortest line? This activity offers opportunities for...
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Speed and Accuracy
This activity investigates the importance of accurate measurement in competitive sport, looking at examples from athletics and swimming. It is aimed at secondary maths students (grades 8, 9, and 10).
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University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Speed/time Problems at the Olympics
8 speed/time problems from Olympic athletics, rowing, and cycling aimed at GCSE students (grades 8, 9, and 10). This activity encourages investigation and research for some parts of the questions and gives students opportunities to...
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University of Cambridge: History of English Language: Old English to Middle English
A short introduction to the history of the English Language, from Old English to the present day.
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University of Cambridge: An Introduction to Chaucer [Doc]
This brief history of Chaucer's life is a good introduction to the significance of his poetry as well.
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University of Cambridge: An Introduction to Middle English [Doc]
This essay shows how English has changed over the past 1000 years, and introduces students to reading Middle English for themselves.
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University of Cambridge: Careers You Wouldn't Have Thought Of: English Students
What do English students go on to do after they graduate? Does studying English really mean you have to become an English teacher? Find out what work some former English students did after graduation.
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University of Cambridge: A New View on a New World
A seminar focusing on Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), comparing his poem 'Bermudas' with contemporary maps of the Bermuda Islands.
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University of Cambridge: The Poetry Scrapbook
This scrapbook is designed to encourage students to read poetry which is new to them. All the poems in the scrapbook have been nominated by students, together with some notes about why they liked it.
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University of Cambridge: The First Black Female Poet?
This article looks at a ballad, 'Bars Fight,' by 18th century African-American writer Lucy Terry. It considers the literary qualities of a ballad, and its historical role in society. It then goes on to consider why a Black slave might...
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University of Cambridge: Post Colonial Shakespeare
Dr. Priyamvada Gopal takes a post-colonial perspective on Shakespeare's plays. Particularly useful for students studying one of the following plays: Othello, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice and Antony and Cleopatra. This article may...
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University of Cambridge: Shakespeare and Love
A short article looking at the ways in which Shakespeare has been portrayed in the film 'Shakespeare in Love,' and in Oscar Wilde's story, 'The Portrait of Mr. W.H.' This would be particularly useful for encouraging students to think...