Two of the ‘athletes’
During the Rio Olympic Games, our class ran their own Olympic event, The Potatolympics!
To start with, each student was given a potato, which they decorated to create a potato athlete. Students even created mini-movies in pairs to introduce their athlete to their friends!
The next step was to create the Potatolympics events. This was to be the students’ job. They were given the task to create events in pairs. The Potatolympics involved using many measuring skills. The students had to be very clear about what data would be measured in their event, and what tools they would need in order to be able to make the measurements.
The 13 Potatolympics events.
The students created 13 events: Potato Float, Potato Soccer, Potato Bowling, Bounce n’ Shoot, Long Throw, Sand Roll Relay, High Jump, Potato Diving, Swimming, Long Jump, Potato Spoon Race, Bobsleigh, Bowling and Mini-Golf.
The events were run in week 4 over three days. Students were responsible for running their event and recording the athletes’ times. This was a very important step, as we were planning a medal ceremony at the end of the Potatolympics!
Here are some photos from the events:
The Potatolympics were a huge success! All but one event ran very smoothly and successfully, and the children demonstrated excellent cooperation skills during the entire exercise.
Potato athletes and their humans participated together in a final medal ceremony:
The Potatolympics are a well-known Maths project. More information can be found from the Mathematics Centre here.