Winter Olympics STEM Activity Worksheets

Bring the excitement of the Winter Olympics into your classroom with this engaging set of STEM activity worksheets, designed to help students explore real-world science and maths through sport.

This resource includes five Winter Olympic sports, each carefully linked to key STEM concepts such as forces, motion, angles, data analysis, and human biology. Perfect for STEM lessons, enrichment activities, cover work, or Olympic-themed weeks.

Each sport topic contains 3 differentiated tasks plus full model answers, making planning quick and easy.

1. Ice Friction & Speed Skating

• Investigates friction, surface texture, and speed
• Students compare motion on different ice conditions
• Links physics to athlete performance

2. Bobsled Aerodynamics & Drag

• Explores air resistance and streamlined design
• Students analyse how shape affects speed
• Includes engineering-style thinking and design features

3. Ski Jumping: Angles & Motion

• Focuses on launch angle, speed, and jump distance
• Encourages mathematical reasoning without complex formulas
• Ideal for teaching forces and projectile motion concepts

4. Biathlon: Heart Rate & Accuracy

• Connects biology and physics through real Olympic data
• Students examine how heart rate affects shooting accuracy
• Strong links to data interpretation and cause-and-effect reasoning

5. Curling: Friction & Motion

• Explores how sweeping changes friction
• Includes data analysis tasks similar to graph interpretation
• Encourages prediction, pattern spotting, and real-world decision making

What’s Included

• 5 sport-based STEM worksheet sets
• 15 structured student tasks (3 per sport)
• Full model answers for every activity
• Clear data tables and real-world scenarios
• Print-friendly PDF format

Perfect For
Upper KS2 / Lower KS3 (Grades 5–7)
STEM lessons and cross-curricular teaching
Olympic or sports-themed units
Extension, enrichment, or fast-finisher activities