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Basketball and Science connection
- Physics
- 8.A.4. Recognize and
explain that energy can
neither be created or
destroyed; rather it
changes form or is
transferred through the
action of forces.
- Potential energy is
the energy stored in
an object. Kinetic
energy is the energy
of motion.In
basketball before I
shoot the basketball,
my hands have
potential energy.
That energy is then
transformed to
kinetic energy when
I release the ball
from my hands and
shoot it.
- 8.A.4. Recognize and
explain that energy can
neither be created or
destroyed; rather it
changes form or is
transferred through the
action of forces.
- Earth Science
- Leaving a Record:
- 8.B.1. Explain how sedimentary rock is formed (embedding plant
and animal remains and leaving a record of the sequence in which
plants and animals disappeared)
- Fossils leave us with
an abundance of
information from the
past. They leave
records of organisms
that once lived and
how the earth has
changed over time.
Many things in
basketball have the
same function. ESPN
shows tell us stories
of players and teams
that once thrived in
the league. Old
newspaper articles
can even show us
what old uniforms
looked like. Banners
in arenas can tell us
who previous
championship
winners were.
- 8.B.1. Explain how sedimentary rock is formed (embedding plant
and animal remains and leaving a record of the sequence in which
plants and animals disappeared)
- Leaving a Record:
- Astronomy
- Effects of Tilt:
- 8.D.3. Recognize and explain the
effects of the tilt of the Earth’s
axis.
- The tilt of Earth’s axis causes changes in
seasons. Basketball season is based on Earth’s
seasons. The NBA and college play between
late fall and early spring. The WNBA season is
between spring and late summer.
- 8.D.3. Recognize and explain the
effects of the tilt of the Earth’s
axis.
- Effects of Tilt:
- Biology
- Change Over Time:
- 8.D.1. Recognize and describe that evolutionary change in species over time
occurs as a result of genetic variation in organisms and environmental
changes.
- When basketball was first created they used a soccer ball
and a peach basket, to shoot the ball into. Now we use
rubber and leather basketballs and nets that hang from a
rim.
- 8.D.1. Recognize and describe that evolutionary change in species over time
occurs as a result of genetic variation in organisms and environmental
changes.
- Change Over Time:
- Chemistry
- 8.D.2. Cite evidence of give examples of
chemical properties of substances.
- Basketballs are made up of
rubber and leather fibers. These
materials make it easy for the
ball to bounce and the ball is
smooth and easy to grip and
handle.
- 8.D.2. Cite evidence of give examples of
chemical properties of substances.
- Enviromental Issues
- 8.B.1. Recognize and explain
how human activities can
accelerate or magnify many
naturally occurring changes.
- Basketball stadiums can seat up to 35,000 people. Forest have to be cut down to build the stadiums.
This contributes to deforestation, destroying animals habitats, and destroying whole ecosystems
- 8.B.1. Recognize and explain
how human activities can
accelerate or magnify many
naturally occurring changes.
- Thermodynamics
- Heat Transformations:
- 8.B.2. Heat Transformations: Identify and explain that heat energy is a product of the conversion of one
form of energy to another.
- When basketball players run jump and slide their muscles generate body heat. This transforms to sweat
as a way to cool down their body.
- 8.B.2. Heat Transformations: Identify and explain that heat energy is a product of the conversion of one
form of energy to another.
- Heat Transformations:
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