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Publication Date: 2012-Apr
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Getting the Swing of Surface Gravity
Thomas, Brian C.; Quick, Matthew
Physics Teacher, v50 n4 p232-233 Apr 2012
Sports are a popular and effective way to illustrate physics principles. Baseball in particular presents a number of opportunities to motivate student interest and teach concepts. Several articles have appeared in this journal on this topic, illustrating a wide variety of areas of physics. In addition, several websites and an entire book are available. In this paper we describe a student-designed project that illustrates the relative surface gravity on the Earth, Sun, and other solar system bodies using baseball. We describe the project and its results here as an example of a simple, fun, and student-driven use of baseball to illustrate an important physics principle.
Descriptors: Physics, Astronomy, Student Interests, Team Sports, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Teaching Methods, Science Experiments
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