Why should educators care about curling? Have you seen it? This sport was definitely invented by math geeks! It takes an understanding of geometry, weight, angles, arcs, mass, physics - sure they get to wear track suits, but these athletes are for sure mathematicians moonlighting as Olympians. All kidding aside, it's an interesting game of skill, strategy and yes, math. I probably won't see another game until the next Olympics, but I'm a convert.
Every education meeting I sit in these days includes the concept of RELEVENCY for today's students - so here's our chance: every Geometry curriculum in the country should include CURLING! With all the money spent on football teams and basketball gyms, it shouldn't be so hard to throw up a small ice rink and paint some circles, right? If you want to reach your kinesthetic students (notoriously uninterested in math) - teach them Curling, problem solved.
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