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Thanks to all for the suggetions on sports and science.  I have Newton at
the Bat and I am planning on using it.  I will have to look into the other
suggetions.  I am trying to concentrate on the biology rather than the
physics (but we are doing some as well as some chemistry).  The reason is
this is a new program and some of the students may end up in the regular
track at the end of the year and our 9th graders get mostly biology.  I am
looking for some LABS in physics or biology that have a sports theme.  I
am doing a pulse reading after exercise lab to teach them some graphing
skills.  Does anyone have other ideas about sports and graphing?  I need a
good scientific method type lab --- teaching them the scientific method as
such that has sports as a basis.  I am also looking for some stuff that I
could have them do on a field trip to the Ranger game (baseball) in terms
of science.  I do this every year with my physics students, but most of
these kids have one year of Alg. or none at all (they are taking it now,
or are in geometry).  I am planning on having the measure some stuff
(metric system, teaching dimensional analysis.) and doing some speed
measurements --- any other ideas????  Thanks for the help given already.

Doug Benning
benning@tenet.edu