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Strap on your ice skates or helmet as we head to the Winter Olympics! Discover how physics make the bobsledding event one of the fastest sports on earth. Lean how force, gravity, drag and friction influence the design and speed of the bobsled. Then race to the figure skating event and see how spins, twirls and jumps are influenced by velocity, acceleration and conservation of angular momentum. There is plenty of action—and plenty of science—to make the Winter Olympics a real lesson in science, technology, engineering and math!
In this issue students will:
- understand the connections between sporting events and STEM
- learn the history of sporting events
- investigate STEM careers
- use the sports section of the newspaper to prompt expository writing
- explore Olympic trivia
- count and compare objects
6 page PDF
