Fitness & Health

Sports Vibration STEM Activities: Energy, Resonance & Engineering for K–8

The Hidden Science Behind Every Swing A baseball player makes contact with a pitch, but instead of hearing the satisfying…

2 weeks ago

Sports Lighting STEM Activities: Optics, Shadows & Engineering for K–8

When the Sun Goes Down, STEM Lights Up Picture a football stadium on a Friday night. The sun has disappeared…

2 weeks ago

Golf Ball STEM Activities: Engineering, Energy & Aerodynamics for K–8

There’s More Science Inside a Golf Ball Than You Think When a golfer steps up to the tee, most spectators…

2 weeks ago

Ice Rink STEM Activities: Freezing, Heat Transfer & Hockey for K–8

The Science Beneath the Ice Before a hockey player takes the ice, an entirely different team has already been hard…

3 weeks ago

Sports Officiating STEM Activities: Geometry, Accuracy & Technology in K–8

Can Technology Make the Right Call? It's the bottom of the ninth inning, the bases are loaded, and the count…

4 weeks ago

Sports Robotics STEM Activities for K–8: Sensors, Coding & AI

When the Practice Partner Is a Robot A tennis player sends the ball across the net.Her opponent analyzes the trajectory,…

1 month ago

Sports Rhythm STEM Activities: Teaching Cadence, Timing & Feedback in K–8

The STEM Hiding Between Every Movement Watch a rowing crew closely and something remarkable happens.Eight athletes move, pause, pull, recover,…

2 months ago

Sports Friction STEM Activities: Teaching Grip, Traction & Materials in K–8

Friction Is the Force That Keeps the Game Moving A basketball player plants one foot and cuts toward the basket.A…

2 months ago

3D Printing in Sports: Teaching Engineering, Geometry & Design Through Additive Manufacturing in K–8

What If Sports Equipment Could Be Built Differently? Look inside some of today’s most advanced sports equipment and you may…

2 months ago

Sports Acoustics STEM Activities: Teaching Sound Waves, Decibels & Stadium Design in K–8

Before the Snap, STEM Is Already Making Noise A quarterback walks to the line of scrimmage.More than 60,000 fans rise…

3 months ago