Thrills and spills: you don't have to jump out of a plane to live on the edge this summer. Thanks to physics, you can head to the amusement park for spine-tingling terror--without the danger. (Physics: Newton's first law/inertia).(Brief Article). Kim Y. Masibay.

Science World 58.14 (May 6, 2002): p6(3).

Catching air: pro-boarder Shaun White uses physics to soar to great heights. Jeanna Bryner.

Science World 63.1 (Sept 4, 2006): p12(7).

 

Snowboard surfer. (the physics of snowboarding). bob Hugel.

Science World v54.n6 (Nov 17, 1997): pp8(4).

 

Bent on Speed: get the lowdown on how engineers use physics to build the fastest bikes on earth.(Physical: energy & power.). Libby Tucker.

 

Battered expectations: do baseballs obey the conventional laws of physics?(BIOMECHANICS). Adam Summers.

Natural History 117.6 (July-August 2008): p16(2).

 

Skydiving. Julian Hoult.

Physics Review 9.5 (May 2000): p2.

 

Your coach: Big Brother.(using video camera to plot graphs of position and velocity against time and improve sports performance). Kerry Parker.

Physics Review 11.4 (April 2002): p20(4).

 

World's Fastest Animals. Rachel Rivera.

Science World (Nov 16, 1998): p5(1).

 

Life in the fast lane: how scientists are making the world's fastest sport safer.(PHYSICAL ENERGY AND MOTION). Britt Norlander. Science World 62.4 (Oct 24, 2005): p8(7).

The world's fastest car: Thrust SSC zips through the sound barrier. (car travels an average speed of 763 miles per hour).

Time for Kids v3.n6 (Oct 24, 1997): pp7(1).

 

The fastest car on earth. (includes related experiment). Emily Costello.

Science World v53.n1 (Sept 6, 1996): pp17(3).

 

Who is the world's fastest man?(Olympic 200m sprint champion Michael Johnson and 100m champion Donovan Bailey will compete in 150m race, with $1.5 million to winner).

Sports Illustrated for Kids v9.n5 (May 1997): pp12(1).

 

The Physics of Baseball

The Physics of Ice Hockey

The Science of Baseball

Skateboard Science

The Science of Surfing

The Science of Cycling

Physics of Skydiving

Seatbelt Physics

How Airplanes Fly: A Physical Description of Lift

The Physics Side to Cheerleading

Forms of Energy and the Law of Conservation of Energy from The National Energy Education Development Project, Intermediate Energy Infobook, 2007.

The Law of Conservation of Energy

Kinetic and Potential Energy

Kinetic and Potential Energy

Potential and Kinetic Energy from Energy in Depth.

How to Throw a Curveball

Thrown for a Curve: Physics of curve ball from Exploratorium

Speed 101: Motorcycle Racing as Real-World Physics Lab

Amusement Park Physics

Newton's Three Laws of Motion

Physics Classroom Tutorials with animations:

Newton's First Law of  Motion

Newton's Second Law of Motion

Newton's Third Law of Motion

How Stuff Works: Video clip on the world's fastest train explained by an engineer.