Sports Science in PE

Date

2015

Target Audience

Elementary & Middle Schools

Category
K-12
About This Project

What if you could measure the acceleration or velocity of a moving ball in PE? It’s possible with a tool called a PocketLab.

I led a series of lessons that incorporated a PocketLab, a couple of Nerf balls, and an iPad. Students threw and kicked the balls, and I graphed the results on my iPad so that the abstract concepts like acceleration could be better understood.