Exploratorium Science of Baseball

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About Exploratorium Science of Baseball

Welcome to the Flickr Group of the "Science of Baseball" Workshop! Baseball and Science Fans, feel free to join this group and share your own baseball related photos!



Play ball! Join us as we explore the physics and physiology of pitching, batting, and fielding. We'll also investigate the tools of the sport: the bat and the ball. What makes a curveball curve or a knuckleball move unpredictably? On the bat, what is the "sweet spot?" Is it better to swing a bat that is light or heavy? What’s the importance of the elaborate windup motion of the pitcher? How would the game change for the batter if the pitcher's mound was five feet closer? Activities in the workshop will be appropriate for middle or high school science classroom.
This workshop is part of a joint project between the Exploratorium and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO.

LED Blinky Lights: INOVA MIcro Light, $6 (e.g., TacLighting)


Activities
- Thrown for a Curve Part 1
- Thrown for a Curve Part 2
- Turbulence Baseball
- Baseball bat activities
- Motion Photography Motion Photography - LED Light Traces
- More on Baseball www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/


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Take a peak at other Flickr Groups of the Exploratorium Teacher Instiute:
Teacher Institute Light Traces
Take it Outside Workshop
Discovery Voyage Workshop
Ecobay Workshop
Making Simple Science Tools Workshop
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This is one of many professional development workshops of the Teacher Institute at the Exploratorium, San Francisco. Find out more at the Exploratorium Teacher Institute Website. We thank Amy Snyder who took all the great shots in this pool.



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