Training for Success
Top athlete Phoebe Edwards and her coach, Mike Ritchie, constantly observe and measure her performance and work on improving technique, to help her train for success.
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Series: Connected 2014 level 4 - What’s the Evidence?
Category: Non-fiction
Strand: Nature of science
Training for Success
Words by Dave Armstrong.
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Connected 2014 Level 4 - What's the Evidence?
In this Connected series there are five articles ("Beating the Wind"; "The Great Marble Chase"; "Training for Success"; "Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes"; "Black is Back").
1 of 5Beating the Wind
Zephyr was winning the cycle race, but everyone passed her at the end. Why?
2 of 5The Great Marble Challenge
A teacher challenges his class to design a ramp that will get a marble to stop at any set distance between 500 millimetres and 2 metres from the end of the ramp. What processes will the students follow to meet this challenge?
3 of 5Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes
New learning has come out of the devastation of the Christchurch earthquakes.
4 of 5Black is Back
Te Papa conservator Rangi Te Kanawa uses her knowledge of traditional dyeing practices, science, and scientific experimentation to preserve fibres in textiles that have been dyed using iron-tannate black dyes.
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