Experiments with sports
Title:
Experiments with sports
Author:
Tocci, Salvatore.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Children's Press, [2003]
©2003
Physical Description:
47 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Summary:
Explores the science behind sports through simple experiments using everyday objects.
Language:
English
Contents:
What's your favorite sport? -- Do you need speed? -- Experiment 1, Increasing friction -- Experiment 2, Reducing friction -- Experiment 3, Flying like the wind -- Do you need balance? -- Experiment 4, Finding the center of gravity -- Experiment 5, Finding your center of gravity -- Experiment 6, Falling over -- Do you need accuracy? -- Experiment 7, Hitting a baseball -- Experiment 8, Throwing a football -- Experiment 9, Shooting a basketball -- Fun with sports -- Experiment 10, Staying in place.
Reading Level:
860 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.2 0.5 82505.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.2 3 Quiz: 34599 Guided reading level: N.
ISBN:
9780516227894
Format :
Book
