1. Watch the video
Can you identify the sports and the countries?

2. Geography Unit 3: Are the Olympics really global?

3. Does the Olympic Games benefit EVERYONE GLOBALLY?
What does this mean?
The goal of the Olympic Movement is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practised without discrimination of any kind, in a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.
Does the Olympic Games benefit EVERYONE GLOBALLY?

4. Is there a relationship between wealth and medals at the Olympics?
Task 1:
Choose one of the following hypotheses:
There is NO relationship between wealth and medals at the Olympic Games
There IS a relationship between wealth and medals at the Olympic Games.
Write your chosen hypothesis in your book
Give two reasons for your chosen hypothesis.

5. Task 2: Make a scatter graph
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Task 2: Make a scatter graph
Open the medals_worksheet document OR google sheets
Using the Olympic_medals_2016 document select 15 countries (3 from the top, 3 from the middle and 3 from the bottom of the medal table)
Add their GDP per capita using the gdp_country_2016 document.

6. Task 3: Make the scatter graph
Google sheets / excel: Insert, chart (select scatter)
Annotate it to identify if medals increase or decrease with GDP. Which are the highest / lowest figures?  Are there any anomalies?  Can you explain the patterns? 
to  Extension: How else can we look at the medals table? 

7. Is there a relationship between wealth and medals at the Olympics?
Was your hypothesis correct?
There is NO relationship between wealth and medals at the Olympic Games
There IS a relationship between wealth and medals at the Olympic Games.