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Training to be a top cyclist
Description
A look at the training and equipment required to be a top cyclist. Considers the bicycle weight, the gear requirements and the cyclist鈥檚 fitness rate.
Classroom Ideas
Students could make line graphs of the data. They could compare time against heart rate: either this cyclist鈥檚, or they could perform some exercise and collect their own data. Or they could investigate the geometry of why gear sizes differ in the amount of work required to turn them.
Numeracy
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