This module is intended for students to read provided articles and conduct limited research on a monumental sports play in either football, basketball, soccer or baseball and relate it to forces, and Newton's Laws of Motion. The final product will be an essay that examines the causes of ball movement during an isolated play and the effect it has on the success of the play. Students will have to further identify and explain all forces and Laws acting upon both the athlete and the equipment during that monumental play. It's expected to take two weeks to complete this module. Once the essay is complete, students of the same sports cluster (example: football) will share their discoveries with three other small clusters of students each representing a different sport (examples: baseball, basketball, and soccer). This closing activity will help students see the connections that tie into all sports and solidify the fact that physics relates to all their daily physical activities.
