{"id":4039,"date":"2020-05-26T14:12:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=4039"},"modified":"2020-05-26T15:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T15:54:00","slug":"snail-racing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/snail-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Snail Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever seen some snails racing?\u00a0 It is a tense sport and sure to be included in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021!<\/p>\n<p>In this video, Lorna has put together a crack team of snails who raise against the clock to travel 10cm.\u00a0 Which one will finish first?<\/p>\n<p>This fun activity can link to numeracy and mathematics concepts such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Estimation &#8211; How long will it take the snails? Which one will go fastest? Which one will be slowest?<\/li>\n<li>Measure &#8211; Calculating the distance travelled &#8211; do they all travel the 10cm? Or, measuring a course for your own snail race!<\/li>\n<li>Direction &#8211; Which direction are the snails travelling in?\u00a0 Do they change at all during the race?\u00a0 Could you draw a journey on the ground for snails to try to follow in the race?<\/li>\n<li>Speed, distance and time &#8211; Can you work out how fast each snail was travelling?\u00a0 How long would it take them to travel 20cm?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Watch the video below to be inspired and thrilled by this exciting sport!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speed, Distance &amp; Time outdoors\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KUUqqzgbZqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever seen some snails racing?\u00a0 It is a tense sport and sure to be included in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021! In this video, Lorna has put together a crack team of snails who raise against the clock to travel 10cm.\u00a0 Which one will finish first? This fun activity can link to numeracy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/snail-racing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Snail Racing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8156,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4039","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4045,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4039\/revisions\/4045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}