From the swoosh of a thrown football to the force of a tennis ball smashing against the racquet, all sports involve motion and action - and that means all sports involve science. This fully illustrated entry into Lark's much-praised science series encourages kids to look keenly at the wide world of sports to uncover its underlying scientific principles. And the activities feel just like fun and games! Kids will barely realise they're learning hardcore science as they challenge friends to a reverse bike race, see how to throw basketball passes that no one can steal, and discover what's behind the infamous spitball and knuckleball.

 

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Lark Books, U. S. .

Rain Newcomb has taught kids craft classes and is the co-author of numerous kids' books. She is the Associate Editor of Children's Books for Lark Books. Bobby Mercer has been a Physics teacher for almost 20 years and has a BA in Science Education.