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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Geometric Shapes: Spheres, Ellipses & Prolate Spheroids
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Interactive Learning, Mathematics, Professional Development, Force & Motion and 8 additional..NBC's Lester Holt explores the prolate spheroid, the three-dimensional shape of a football, and how it helps an NFL quarterback ...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Newton's Second Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Professional Development, Force & Motion, Cells and 6 additional..NBC's Lester Holt and former NFL kicker, Morten Andersen, look at what's really behind powerful field goal kicks — Newton's Seco...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Newton's Third Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Energy & Work, Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional Development, Earth's Resources and 12 additional..NBC's Lester Holt looks at Newton's Third Law of Motion and the role that conservation of momentum plays whenever players collid...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Newton's First Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Physics, Sports and Competition and 4 additional..NBC's Lester Holt looks at Newton's First Law of Motion and the role that unbalanced forces play whenever a ball carrier goes he...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Nutrition, Hydration & Health
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional Development, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Force & Motion and 19 additional..NBC's Lester Holt looks at the physically demanding pre-season ritual of NFL training camp. Douglas Casa, head of the Korey Stri...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Projectile Motion & Parabolas
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Disease, Disorders and Human Health, Mathematics, Life Sciences, Professional Development and 6 additional..NBC's Lester Holt looks at the science of projectile motion and parabolas with the help of former NFL punter Craig Hentrich. NSF...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Pythagorean Theorem
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Angles & Pythagorean Theorem, Engineering & Design, Mathematics and 9 additional..NBC's Lester Holts explores the path a defender must take in order to tackle a ball carrier, and how this distance — called the ...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Torque & Center of Mass
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Energy & Work, Engineering & Design, Professional Development, Force & Motion and 6 additional..NBC's Lester Holt looks at how the physics concepts of torque and center of mass are applied in football by some of the games mo...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience of NFL Football: Vectors
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Disease, Disorders and Human Health, Mathematics, Life Sciences, Professional Development and 9 additional..NBC's Lester Holt looks at the role vectors play every time an NFL quarterback throws a pass. With the help of former NFL quarte...Contributor: Science of the NFL (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0