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How far, fast and high?

This task uses a Problem-Solving Approach and is designed to take approximately 3 hours of teaching time.

This resource provides a structure for considering and investigating world records in athletics. It involves students handling data in order to answer questions or investigate a hypothesis. Pupils are encouraged to predict changes over time - by how much and how quickly are world records being broken in track and field events? Can we predict the likely World Records this time next year?

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The materials cover two different approaches to data – testing a hypothesis – for example ‘women are always slower than men’ and using data to answer questions of interest – when was the last time the triple jump record was broken? How often is it broken? Can we predict when it will next be broken?

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PowerPoint file
Requires Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 or later

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Data sheets

Online databases

IAAF.org

Track and Field Statistics