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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Science of Sports


If sports are your thing, you are still conducting scientific experiments every time you try new ways to hit a baseball farther, shoot your basketball higher, ride your bicycle faster, and do new tricks on your skateboard!

Here are some books that explain the science in sports:

Home run! : science projects with baseball and softball

Goal! : science projects with soccer / Madeline Goodstein.

Science projects about the physics of sports / by Robert Gardner

Sports science projects : the physics of balls in motion / Madeline Goodstein

Experiments with motion / Robert Gardner

Wheels! : science projects with bicycles, skateboards, and skates / Madeline Goodstein

Slam dunk! : science projects with basketball / Robert Gardner and Dennis Shortelle

Bicycle science projects : physics on wheels / Robert Gardner

Why a curveball curves : the incredible science of sports / edited by Frank Vizard

Sports science / Shar Levine & Leslie Johnstone

The leaping, sliding, sprinting, riding science book : 50 super sports science activities / Bobby Mercer

The magic school bus. Super sports fun [videorecording]

Sports science : 40 goal-scoring, high-flying, medal-winning experiments for kids / Jim Wiese

Experimenting with science in sports / by Robert Gardner

Check out these website about the science of skateboarding http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/webcast.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0701-science_of_skateboarding.htm

Science of Hitting/by Ted Williams

Physics of Hitting a Baseball link http://www.swing-smarter-baseball-hitting-drills.com/physics-of-hitting-a-baseball.html

Watch the video of Eyes of Nye: 106 Sports on DVD from King County Library

Watch Alan Alda's Scientific American episode "On the Ball" from PBS online at http://www.pbs.org/saf/1206/video/watchonline.htm or from the library as a downloadable e-audio book.

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