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Science of NFL Football: Torque & Center of Mass
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Coordinate Systems & Graphing, Science, Force & Motion, Education, Child Development & Family Services 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: 0Science of NFL Football: Newton's Third Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Science, Force & Motion, People in Science 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: 0Science of NFL Football: Newton's Second Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Cells, Science, Force & Motion, Education, Child Development & Family Services 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: 0Science of NFL Football: Newton's First Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Physics, Sports and Competition, Science 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: 0Science of NFL Football: Geometric Shapes: Spheres, Ellipses & Prolate Spheroids
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Coordinate Systems & Graphing, Software & Applications, Science, Measurement & Geometry 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