Baseball

The parallels between a baseballā€™s performance and science as it relates to STEM Baseball Curriculum

ā€˜Best baseball Iā€™ve ever touchedā€™: Why players love Japanese Olympic baseballs This article was originally published by the Los Angeles Times YOKOHAMA, Japan ā€” The baseball tournament at these Olympics has featured bigwigs from yesteryear, prospects on the rise and Asian stars in their primes. There have been exciting introductions and emotional goodbyes, thrilling finishes…

STEM

STEM Jobs in Sports

When you ask a kid what they want to be when they grow up, what do they say? Often you hear the answers: professional athlete, astronaut or President of the United States. As adults, we love and appreciate their high aspirations and ability to dream big.  As kids age, the answer may begin to shift…

STEM

What Happens When You Combine STEM & Sports?

Weā€™re pleased to welcome ETR to the STEM SportsĀ® lineup as they will begin to distribute our curricula to schoolā€™s health and physical education departments throughout the United States. To kick off the collaboration, we were panelists at ETR’s webinar at the end of February 2021. STEM SportsĀ® and Science of Sport came together to…

STEM | Technology

When STEM and Sports Collide: The Atlanta Falcons Will Use Drone Technology to Disinfect Mercedes-Benz Stadium

This was originally posted by Joe Lemire by Sports Techie. Atlantaā€™s Mercedes-Benz Stadium will welcome the din and the roar of fans for the first time this fall for the Falconsā€™ next home game on Sunday, Oct. 11, but a buzz will still fill the venue this weekend as a pair of drones canvas the…

STEM

Chandler 8th grader a finalist in national STEM competition

This article was originally published on KTAR News.  PHOENIX ā€” A serious eye problem may have forced a Chandler teen to give up playing football, but heā€™s using an interest in science and engineering to make a difference in the game he loves. JT Mulvihill, a 14-year-old student at Arizona College Prep in Chandler, is…

STEM

Powerful Pallet

This weekā€™s blog was penned by our President and CEO Jeff Golner A photo of a pallet of boxes. Nothing special. Typical, bland boxes. Not a big deal. What is inside of those boxes? The casual observer upon further review would find several STEM SportsĀ® teacher manuals. A closer look would reveal a small graphic…