Any tried and true sports based units and materials out there?

[one l michele]

I have two sports nuts, one the stats end and the other the physical aspect. I would love to incorporate sports into some of our studies. Any suggestions?

[Sue in St Pete]

That's a great idea! :001_smile:

The closest I have come is to check out books from the library, searching on sports and physics or science and sports. There are a number of experiment books that focus on the physics or science of sports.

I am hoping to direct ds to do a year long study on the science of sports for 9th grade science. We're still a few years away though.

A quick search turned these up:
http://homeschooling.about.com/library/blmusports.htm

http://www.homeschoollearning.com/units/unit_basketball.shtml

http://www.unitstudy.com/baseball_unit_study.htm

[abbeyej]

"Diamond Notes (http://www.sonlight.com/RL67.html)" from Sonlight teaches how to write a paragraph using baseball. I haven't used it, but a friend did it with her 10yo boy (slight learning challenges, huge baseball fan), and they loved it.