Which country and sport would give you the best odds of participating in the Winter Games as an Olympian? Including some fun facts on the demographic make-up and Olympic ties of various countries around the world, this is a brief and entertaining video that would be great to show as a bell ringer or in the last five minutes of class during Olympics season. You can also use this as a basic and real-world example of what factors can influence probability.

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the olympic games

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Additional Tags

probabililty, professional athlete, winter games, olympics, social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes data from study to measure the difficulty of a sport based on ten different qualities, from endurance and strength to nerves and hand-eye coordination
• Engaging illustrations and animations

Cons

• May find difficult to incorporate into core classroom curriculum