Select a Golden Ball recipient
Use fractions, percentages and averages to decide the best footballer
In this engaging activity students will explore statistics and use them to decide on a ranking of football players. Football players are ranked in different ways and there are a variety of awards that they can be rewarded with. Each year the Ballon D’Or is awarded to the player judged to be the ‘best’. The Golden Ball is given to the best player throughout an international football competition.
In this activity, pupils are presented with data and can use it to decide who they consider to be the best footballer.
The purpose of this activity is to explore statistics and to use them to decide on a ranking of football players. Pupils will compare data and use average scores to find ways of comparing data and making decisions.
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Activity overview
Select the golden ball recipient activity description, notes and curriculum links
Presentation
Presentation outlining how to run the activity
Handout
Handout to print with examples of the data to complete the activity
worksheet
Full data lists in an excel spreadsheet to complete the activity
