MWM Sports Materials Module

Students explore the materials design and function of a wide variety of balls used in athletics, as well as test and analyze their interactions with many surfaces they come in contact during play. Then students design a suitable material for use in a newly invented game.

By incorporating everyday materials into science lessons, the Materials World Modules (MWM) program at Northwestern University has found the solution to getting students excited about learning science while helping teachers meet national and state education standards.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Forces
• Friction
• Energy
• Conservation of Energy
• Energy Absorption
• Stored and Kinetic
• Elastic and Plastic
• Deformation
• Inertia
• Properties of Matter
• Molecular Bonds
• Polymers