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Big Dance Basics
From long-shot "Cinderella" teams to "field goal" averages and "bracketology," the NCAA's annual "March Madness" men's Division 1 college basketball championship has a host of pet terms and traditions....
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Feature: Slam Dunk Engineer
What does basketball have in common with engineering? Plenty, if you’re Rhodes Scholar Reed Doucette, a former University of Southern California stand-out player and student now pursuing a doctorate in...
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Lesson: Tennis, Anyone?
In this lesson, students in grades 3 to 12 explore how engineers incorporate the latest materials and manufacturing techniques to improve the performance of sports equipment by constructing a...
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Activity: Robot Basketball
In this activity, students in grades 5 to 12 learn about accuracy, precision, and simple machines by working in teams to design and build a robotic basketball "player" that can nail a free-throw shot...
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Thankful Engineering
What does engineering have to do with Thanksgiving? Plenty, including football broadcasting technology and meatless Tofurkey, among other holiday delights.
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Fields of Dreams
Ballparks have come a long way from the baseball diamond cut into an Iowa cornfield in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams. Engineers have found new ways to design ever-more spacious stadiums, with better...
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Super Bowl Engineering
From 360-degree cameras to "green" stadiums, the Super Bowl offers plenty of engineering to cheer about. This eGFI roster of hands-on design activities, videos, and other resources will help your...
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Smart Broom Sweeps Curling
Curling, that icy version of shuffleboard, is the Henny Youngman of Olympic sports: It gets no respect. But technology has touched even this unique pursuit, in the form of an engineered "SmartBroom"...
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Engineering Better Bikes
From better mountain-bike suspension systems to frames designed for women, there's a lot of engineering that goes into today's high-performance bicycles. Meet some of the engineers whose research is...
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