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Friday, June 10, 2016

Learning Science & Math Skills with Olympic Sports

As the Olympics approach, families can integrate the excitement of sports with real academic skills in science, math, and language arts.

Young students can benefit from colorful diagrams of athletes engaged in sports. Activities include identifying the names of sports, sharing stories about sports characters, and practicing essential skills such as measuring diagrams with a ruler and protractor. Geometry workbooks featuring diagrams of over 40 sports are available from Schottenbauer Publishing.

Students of all ages can enjoy sport science graphs, learning about concepts from physics (force, motion/trajectory, velocity, acceleration, rotation) and biophysics (breathing, pulse, electrical activity of muscles, joint angles). Students working on language skills can practice integrating graphs into narratives and reports, including comparison and contrast of essential concepts. Examples of science concepts and mathematical functions can be found in 5,000+ sport science graphs available from Schottenbauer Publishing, collected into books on individual sports and topical anthologies.

Available Topics

Summer Sports

Winter Sports

General Athletics

Additional information on sport science and math books from Schottenbauer Pubishing is available through blogs Sport Science Education and Geometry Workbooks. Sport science memorabilia, including mugs, keychains, magnets, and postcards, are available through Zazzle and Zazzle International.

Free sample graphs, videos, and lesson plans are available through the website Free Education Resources. Ideas for integrating graphs into academic lessons are available in the blog Graphs in Education.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The Science & Math of Olympic Sports

The Olympics are an excellent topic for education, beginning in the earliest years of elementary school, and progressing through high school and college/university. Olympic sport topics can be integrated not only into physical education, but also into math, science, and writing classes.

Graphs and visual analysis provide an excellent segue between Olympics and traditional school topics. The following books from Schottenbauer Publishing provide academic material which can be integrated into classes, school projects, homework, homeschool, academic enrichment programs, afterschool programs, and summer camps.

The Science of Summer Olympics

Containing a selection of 28 graphs from several science lab manuals by the same author, this book demonstrates common mathematical equations found in Summer Olympic sports. Selections include archery, athletics, basketball, canoe/kayak, cycling, fencing, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, rowing, shooting, tennis, and volleyball! Topics are chosen to provide a sample of data relevant for typical classes in math, physical science, and physics, and to illustrate common comparisons and contrasts among the sports.

The Science of Winter Olympic Sports

Containing a selection of 28 graphs from several science lab manuals by the same author, this book demonstrates common mathematical equations found in Winter Olympic sports, including skiing, snowboarding, hockey, skating, and biathlon! Topics are chosen to provide a sample of data relevant for typical classes in math, physical science, and physics, and to illustrate common comparisons and contrasts among the sports.

The Geometry of Summer Olympic Sports

In this book, students can measure the angles created as Blue Dude demonstrates a variety of Summer Olympic sports, including archery, boxing, canoe/kayak, cycling, diving, fencing, football/soccer, golf, gymnastics, handball, high jump, hurdles, javelin, long jump, shooting, shot put, sprinting, swimming, synchronized swimming, trampoline, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling! Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, & Hindi!

The Geometry of Winter Olympic Sports

In this book, students can measure the angles created as Blue Dude demonstrates a variety of Winter Olympic sports, including alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, and snowboard! Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, & Hindi!