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5040-01
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The students will apply mathematical concepts and skills to solve problems they encounter
in daily living.
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5040-02
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The students will show understanding and application of mathematical concepts and justification of
solutions to problems by communicating in oral, pictorial, and/or written form.
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5040-03
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The students will explain and justify logical reasoning strategies when working through (learning)
a mathematical concept or solving a problem.
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5040-04
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The students will recognize the interrelated nature of mathematical concepts within the field of
mathematics as well as throughout other disciplines, especially as they apply to daily living.
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5040-06
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The students will demonstrate an understanding of numbers (number sense) as they apply to the
students' everyday world.
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5040-07
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The students will relate combinations of numbers to other numbers by establishing relationships
among operations and by acquiring insights into the effects of performing an operation on a pair
or set of numbers.
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5040-08
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The students will demonstrate ability in computational techniques through the use of paper and
pencil, mental math, estimation, and technology to solve problems.
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5040-011
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The students will collect, organize, describe, display, and interpret data while making
decisions and predictions based on that data.
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Ice Hockey Schedule for 2002 Olympic Winter Games
Medal Data for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games - Listings by sport and by country
Olympic Almanac
Handout -
Medal Data for 1998 Winter Olympics
Handout -
Worksheet Sticks and Pucks 2002
Calculators
Butcher paper (for each group)
Notebook (1 per group)
Markers or crayons
Daily newspaper or Internet
Ask students if they can name some of the sports played during the Olympic Winter Games.
After students have named several sports, explain that the class will have a discussion
about the sport of ice hockey.
Some questions to stimulate discussion might be:
Is ice hockey in the Olympics the same as ice hockey in the NHL (National Hockey League)?
Are there other team sports in the Winter Olympics? If you were in the Olympics, would
you rather be on a team or compete as an individual? Why? Are there differences between
competing on a team and competing as an individual? What does it mean to be a "team" player?
Pass out the Ice Hockey Schedule and the Olympic Winter Games Medal Data to groups of
students (3-4 students per group).
The remainder of the activity will be completed by the students in groups.
Each student group will need a notebook to record highlights/scores of the ice hockey
competitions during the course of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Information can be
obtained from newspapers, television coverage or Internet sources.
Students identify informational resources in order to report on the day's ice hockey
happenings.
Students may wish to discuss hockey highlights/scores as a class before responding in
their own groups.
Student groups will solve the problems presented on the Sticks and Pucks 2002 worksheet.
Student groups will meet for a period of time each day of the Winter Olympics. Students
may need more time on Mondays to catch up on weekend hockey games data.
Each group will share their findings and product with another group or with the class
at the end of the project.
Following the last day of the Olympics, each student will write what they learned from
this activity, including how they worked as a team and the mathematics used to problem
solve throughout the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
