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Gale In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, learners see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Users can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications, 200+ experiments and projects, and top reference content.
1) Sports
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Explores the way STEAM principles are utilized in amateur and professional sports, from understanding how forces affect play, to utilizing technologies in machines, to engineering high-performance garments.
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Explores the ways in which science, technology, engineering, and math impact the game of soccer, including the physics of kicking the ball, how technology helps players improve their skills and keeps them safe, and how geometry helps players score goals. Includes sidebars, infographics, a glossary, and resources for further information.
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Explores the technological innovations that have happened in the world of sports including the creation of carbon fiber composite materials for para-athletes, the use of motion analysis to help performance, and the pneumatic recovery unit to help athletes recover faster from injuries.
10) Baseball
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Explains scientific concepts related to the biomechanics and physiology of playing baseball, discussing training, injuries, pitching, batting, and catching; and provides an overview of the sport's history, rules, and equipment.
13) Ice hockey
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Explores the scientific principles behind ice hockey, discussing the biomechanics and physiology of playing, related health and medical issues, and the causes and treatment of icehockey injuries, as well as providing information on the sport's origins, history, rules, and development.
14) Football
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"Sports play an important formative role in the lives of many middle and high school students. Science Behind Sports from Lucent Books explores the science behind key contemporary sports. Volumes present in a clear and engaging manner the scientific principles and concepts involved, the biomechanics and physiology of playing, and related health issues and medical concerns related to the sport"--
15) Soccer
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An illustrated exploration of science concepts through the sport of soccer, discussing such things as force, motion, mass, energy, and friction. Includes advice on working out and getting fitter to play soccer better, a soccer science quiz, and a glossary.
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"From dribbling and three-pointers to free throws and slam dunks, basketball is not only a game of athletic strength and skill, but also one of science and energy, angles and math, and high-tech engineering . . . readers explore the science behind their favorite player's best moves on the court and learn about the technology that is changing the game"--Publisher.