Dunedin, New Zealand
Baldwin St is the steepest street in the world with a gradient of 1:2:86 (19 degree slope). This is an annual charity race (in July) where jaffa candies are rolled down the street. Each sweet is sponsored by one person with a prize to the winner and proceeds to charity.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2015/jul/17/photo-highlights-of-the-day-fires-in-greece-to-floods-in-scotland
-What is happening in the picture?
-Where do you think it is?
- Why are people rolling sweets down the road?
- How are the contestants feeling?
- The road is 350m long; how long do you think the sweets take to roll to the bottom?
- What does this competition tell us about the people who live on and around Baldwin St?
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