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1. Aerodynamics in Sports Equipment

   Explore the science behind sails, race cars, frisbees, golf balls, and more.

   http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Sports/instructor/

   
   

2. Exploratorium's Science of Baseball

   Explore the science behind the game. Find out why curveballs curve and what's behind a home run swing.

   http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball

   
   

3. Exploratorium: Sport Science

   Learn how you can get your curveball down to a science and how every sport, in fact, owes a lot to science. Read or listen to lots of related articles on everything from surfing to skateboarding.

   http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/

   
   

4. Funderstanding Roller Coaster

   How high or fast can you go? Design your own coaster and achieve maximum thrills and chills without crashing or flying off the track by learning about force, friction, and gravity.

   http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/

   
   

5. How Does a Basketball Bounce?

   Find out how air and gravity make a basketball bounce.

   http://schools.portnet.k12.ny.us/~guggenheim_school/guggenweb/creative%20writing...

   
   

6. Javelin Aerodynamics

   Learn about the forces that make the javelin fly and find out about the sport's history.

   http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Sports/instructor/javelin-01.html

   
   

7. K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook

   Learn about how things fly, myths about flying, and the history of flight, as well as how aeronautics relates to sports and more! Also in Spanish.

   http://wings.avkids.com/

   
   

8. Mathletics

   Find out how math is used in sports like football, baseball, bowling, and basketball.

   http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/math/sport.ht...

   
   

9. Science Behind a Home Run

   Learn how to find the "sweet spot" of a baseball bat and about the science of hitting a home run!

   http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/news/september97.html

   
   

10. Science of Cycling

    Find out what makes the wheels go round.

    http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling/index.html

    
    

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