Length/distance

  • problem

    Take your dog for a walk

    Age
    7 to 11
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    Use the interactivity to move Pat. Can you reproduce the graphs and tell their story?

  • Measure our heights
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    Measure our heights

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    How could you measure the height of your friend without too much difficulty?
  • Drawing
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    Drawing

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This activity encourages you to measure the length of lines accurately.
  • Finding Out!
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    Finding out!

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Explore all aspects of measurement in this activity.
  • Take One Metre
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    Take one metre

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    You will need a long strip of paper for this task. Cut it into different lengths. How could you find out how long each piece is?
  • Car Journey
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    Car journey

    Age
    5 to 7
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    This practical activity involves measuring length/distance.

  • Can you do \it too?
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    Can you do it too?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.

  • Olympic Measures
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    Olympic measures

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?

  • Now and Then
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    Now and then

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

  • Olympic Starters
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    Olympic starters

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?