early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D.‚ when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus). In 1894‚ a French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin‚ proposed a revival of the ancient tradition‚ and thus the modern-day Olympic Summer Games were born. Host Greece won the most medals (47) at the first Olympic Summer Games in 1896. The United States has won more medals (2‚189) at the Summer Games than
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You may have heard of Halet Cambel‚ who was the first Muslim woman to compete in the Olympics‚ an archeologist by day and fencer by night from‚ hailing from Turkey. Cambel’s bravery and strength led the way for athletes such as Sarah Attar and Wojdan Seraj Abdulrahim‚ who made history in 2012 on behalf of the notoriously misogynistic Saudi Arabia‚ by being their first female representatives at the Olympics. But somewhere between Cambel and the two lady Olympians representing Saudi Arabia today we
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IB Math Studies Internal Assessment: Is the distance a tennis ball travels horizontally dependent on the angle of which it is dropped at? Exam Session: May 2014 School Name: Teacher: Course: IB Math Studies Word Count: 654 Name: Is the distance a tennis ball travels horizontally dependent on the angle of which it is dropped at? Introduction In tennis‚ players hit the tennis ball in certain ways so the ball goes the way they want it to go. Hitting it at certain angles enables
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Example 5: Student work Maths Exploration Newton-Raphson method Rationale- For this project I chose to research and analyse the Newton-Raphson method‚ where calculus is used to approximate roots. I chose this topic because it looked extremely interesting and the idea of using calculus to approximate roots‚ seemed intriguing. The aim of this exploration is to find out how to use the Newton-Raphson method‚ and in what situations this method is used Explanation of the Newton-Raphson method
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IB Math Studies Internal Assessment: What is the Relationship between SAT Scores and Family Income of the Test Takers around the World? Exam Session: May 2011 School name: International School Bangkok Teacher: Mr. Demille Date: December 8th‚ 2010 Course: IB Math Studies Word Count: 1‚832 Name: Billy Egnehall What is the Relationship between SAT Scores and Family Income of the Test Takers around the World? Introduction The SAT examination is mostly in today’s world of academics‚ a requirement
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Olympic Game is the world’s biggest festival of sport and are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of atheletes will take part in a variety competitions. Pierre De Coubertin‚ founder of modern Olympic Game said that “The important thing is not so much winning as taking part.”This has showed that the spirit of sportsmanship of an athelete who take part in the Olympic Game is important than any prizes or medals of the game. So
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The Olympic Games The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece. The original Greek games were staged every fourth year for several hundred years‚ until they were abolished in the early Christian era. The revival of the Olympic Games took place in 1896‚ and since then they have been staged every fourth year‚ except during World War I and World War II. Perhaps the basic difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that the former was the
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The Olympic Games of Ancient Greece and What They Represented The ancient Olympic games were primarily part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus‚ the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and the Games were held in Olympia‚ a rural sanctuary site in western Peloponnesia. The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in honor of their many gods and Zeus. The Isthmos games were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years
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EUROPEAN SCHOOL Mathematics Higher Level Portfolio Type 1 SHADOW FUNCTIONS Candidate Name: Emil Abrahamyan Candidate Number: 006343-021 Supervisor: Avtandil Gagnidze Session Year: 2013 May Candidate Name: Emil Abrahamyan Candidate Number: 006343-021 Mathematics Higher Level Type 1: Shadow Functions SHADOW FUNCTIONS The Aim of the Investigation: The overall aim of this investigation is to investigate different polynomials with different powers and create shadow function
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Olympic Games The Olympic Games started off as a series of athletic events to honor the gods. The games have begun in the early 700 BC in honor of the god Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games and only Greek nationals could participate. The games were held every four years. In honor of the god Zeus a statue was built out of gold and ivory by a Greek sculptor. In the games 100 oxen were sacrificed and many athletes would make sacrifices themselves. In the games boxing was a brutal sport
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