The Winter Olympic Games only come around every four years, but the excitement they spark in students can last even longer. This global event is a great introduction to math, geography, history, data literacy, and storytelling.
Use Formative’s ready-to-use digital activities to bring the energy of the Winter Olympics straight to your classroom, no matter what subject you teach.
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The Winter Olympics are a great entry point for cross-curricular teaching. Students can analyze scores, compare athletes' stats, explore host cities, and apply math concepts to real events. Try one of these activities to turn excitement into meaningful learning:
Students love competition, and counting Winter Olympic medals can be a way to capitalize on that. Tracking medals can help students build data literacy skills like reading charts, comparing values, and identifying trends.
Use our Winter Olympics Medal Tracker to allow students to make predictions and reflect on how outcomes change over time. You can use it as a warm-up, ongoing activity, or daily check-in to build consistent math and data practice.
The Winter Olympics highlight countries from all over the world. Get some geography practice in and teach students about different nations and flag design with our Winter Olympic Country Flag Practice Set. Students can test their knowledge alone or with a partner.
Do your students know how much math is involved in the Winter Olympics? From slopes and speed to scoring and probability, you can turn the games into real-world math practice.
Use our Winter Olympics Algebra Adventure activity to help students use algebraic thinking to solve event-based problems and bring math to life in an engaging way.
Trivia activities like the Winter Olympics Challenge give students a fun way to test their knowledge of the history, athletes, and events of the games. Try it in small-group competitions, as a bell ringer, or during enrichment time.
Students can explore why certain venues were selected and how the Olympic Games have evolved. The Winter Olympics Host Cities Trivia activity introduces students to key facts and fun tidbits about past host locations.
No matter your grade level or subject area, the Winter Olympic Games offer opportunities for high-interest, cross-curricular learning. With Formative’s ready-to-use activities, you can tap into student excitement while saving prep time and getting real-time insights into learning progress.
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