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Science of NFL Football: Geometric Shapes: Spheres, Ellipses & Prolate Spheroids
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Geometric Figures, Sports and Competition, Mathematics, Professional Development 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: 0Science of NFL Football: Newton's First Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Sports and Competition, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Physics, Professional Development 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: Newton's Second Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Sports and Competition, Cells, Professional Development 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 Third Law of Motion
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Sports and Competition, Professional Development, 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: Torque & Center of Mass
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Sports and Competition, Professional Development, Engineering & Design, Energy & Work 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