An Olympic Sized Pool and 2 Liter Bottles
Objective
Students will find the information they need to calculate how many 2 liter bottles they could fill up using the water in an olympic-sized pool.
Interestingly, there is no "official" volume of an olympic-sized pool! Students have to make a choice – how deep will their pool be.
Inspired by Stupid Calculations.
Steps
- First, students will need to figure out how much water is in an olympic-sized pool.
- I reveal my calculations - which may or may not be the same as what students arrived at. And that's ok!