The Geometry of Olympic Sports

Olympic sports provide unique material for learning geometry in elementary grades, including both ruler and protractor skills. The following books from Schottenbauer Publishing provide academic material which can be integrated into classes, school projects, homework, homeschool, academic enrichment programs, afterschool programs, and summer camps, including math, science, writing, and physical education classes. Each book is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, CreateSpace, CreateSpace Wholesale, and other online vendors. The Olympic geometry series is available in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, & Hindi!

The Geometry of Summer Olympic Sports

In this book, students can measure the angles created as a color-coded cartoon character, Blue Dude, demonstrates a variety of Summer Olympic sports. Events include archery, boxing, canoe/kayak, cycling, diving, fencing, football/soccer, golf, gymnastics, handball, high jump, hurdles, javelin, long jump, shooting, shot put, sprinting, swimming, synchronized swimming, trampoline, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling! 

The Geometry of Winter Olympic Sports

In this book, students can measure the angles created as a color-coded cartoon character, Blue Dude, demonstrates a variety of Winter Olympic sports. Events include alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, and snowboard!

Individual Sport Books

Several individual sports are featured in the following books, available in English and German.

• The Geometry of Archery & Fencing 
• The Geometry of Figure Skating 
• The Geometry of Gymnastics 
• The Geometry of Water Sports 

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