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YEAR 6 SCIENCE – OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC TASK

YEAR 6 SCIENCE – OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC TASK. The British Olympic Committee is looking for a team of Specialised Elite Information Consulting Officers (SEICOs) to improve their Gold Medal haul this summer .

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YEAR 6 SCIENCE – OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC TASK

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  1. YEAR 6 SCIENCE – OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC TASK The British Olympic Committee is looking for a team of Specialised Elite Information Consulting Officers (SEICOs) to improve their Gold Medal haul this summer. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to select your preferred Olympic event and present your expert findings on how performance may be optimised, either in an existing athlete or in a new Innovated CyborgenicAndromorphicNeobot(iCAN).

  2. OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC TASK IN GROUPS OF 2-3: Answer 8 questions (at least 2 questions, from at least 2 different sections from the boxes below, from each member of the group). The group, together, must include one 'design an experiment' task.

  3. For example, if you were to choose the 100 metre sprint event, you might want to think about…

  4. 1. Anatomy & Physiology. a. What are the major muscles, bones, and joints involved in sprinting (name them)? b. Cardiovascular system - response to exercise + rationale (why does it respond this way?) c. What are some common muscular injuries sustained during the 100m sprint? d. Are women faster than men? Why? e. Does age confer an advantage?

  5. 2. Forces. a. Forward motion vs. friction (ground) and air resistance (air density and wind) + postural vs. gravity b. Overcoming these (clothing, technique, etc.) c. How do you accelerate? d. Forces exerted on running blocks (how to measure force) e. Anatomical advantage

  6. 3. Physical formulae. a. Calculating top speed of runner = distance / time b. What speeds do 100m runners reach? c. Calculating pressure of each footfall through running shoe d. What determines the amount of pressure a 100m runner places on the ground with each footfall. e. Calculating density of air (to inform air resistance) f. Does air density affect speed of 100m runners?

  7. 4. Electrical circuits. a. How does stopwatch circuit work? b. How does an automated photo-finish camera work? c. How might the circuitry of an iCAN sprint unit work?

  8. 5. Properties of materials. a. Clothing b. Shoe fabric + sole c. Running surface d. Starting blocks (including fixings) e. Line paint f. Stadium structure and design (how to construct safe tiered seating) g. Photo-finish camera lens h. Prostheses

  9. 6. Nutrition. a. How does the diet of a 100m sprinter differ from a normal person? b. What foods and quantities are important for a successful 100m sprinter? c. What times of the day should a 100m sprinter eat their meals? d. Should a sprinter consider there digestive before eating food before a race?

  10. 7. Health. a. Microbiology - what are the main threats to a sprinter specifically? b. How do counter these threats ?(preventative and curative) c. What are the advantages and disadvantages of steroid use? d. How would smoking or drinking affect a 100m sprinter performance?

  11. 8. Extension. a. What are fundamentals to good running technique? b. What is the current WR for the 100m sprint? c. Why are the times of athletes coming down? d. Are the times going to continue to increase? e. Hall of Fame f. Graphs and charts g. Any other interesting / quirky factoids

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