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Sports Science: 40 Goal-Scoring, High-Flying, Medal-Winning Experiments for Kids.


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 are made of metal, or why hairless swimmers can swim fast, or why a tennis ball is fuzzy fuzz·y  
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1. Covered with fuzz.

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, then this set of science experiments based on sports is for you. Each experiment requires only common household items and is easy to execute. The book also offers detailed explanations of the science at play. Children learn how momentum dictates how billiards billiards, any one of a number of games played with a tapered, leather-tipped stick called a cue and various numbers of balls on a rectangular, cloth-covered slate table with raised and cushioned edges.  balls move and how the dimples on a golf ball change its flight. Wiley, 2002, 122 p., b&w illus., paperback, $12.95.
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Publication:Science News
Article Type:Book Review
Date:Oct 5, 2002
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