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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Geometry Workbooks are Exciting & Innovative!

The Adventures in Geometry Workbook series from Schottenbauer Publishing provide an fresh and insightful perspective to elementary math studies! Focused on popular topics, such as architecture, home construction, gardens, cars, and sports, these geometry books are appealing for elementary students. 

All Adventures in Geometry books are available in English and German. Some books are translated into 17 world languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Hindi)!

Consider the following excerpt from The Geometry of Home Construction.

Truss Designs Excerpted from
"The Geometry of Home Construction"
by M. Schottenbauer, Ph.D.

Discussion Questions

1. Measure all the shaded angles in each diagram. Write the numbers on the diagram directly.
2. For each diagram, make a table with all of the angles listed in order, from lowest to highest.
3. For each diagram, calculate the: (a) maximum angle, (b) minimum angle, (c) average angle, (d) median angle, and (e) modal angle.
4. Identify whether each angle is a right angle, acute, or obtuse.
5. Which diagram has the most right angles? Acute angles? Obtuse angles?
6. For each diagram, make a table listing the number of right, acute, and obtuse triangles.
7. Which diagram has the most right triangles? Acute triangles? Obtuse triangles?
8. Using a ruler, measure all line segments in each diagram. For each diagram, make a table, listing line segments from short to long.
9. Which truss design is taller? Wider? 
10. Which truss design contains more triangles? 
11. Which truss design requires the most wood?
12. For each triangle, calculate the area. 
13. For each diagram, make a table and list the areas from smallest to largest.
14. Which diagram contains a larger shaded area?

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