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WEBSITE WEDNESDAY--BASEBALL

Baseball Math : http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3618 
Middle school students can use this baseball game to practice decimals and percentages.

Baseball Stats : http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID=108 
Explore data sets and statistics in baseball. (Grades 6-8)

Exploratorium: Science of Baseball :
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/?CFID=8770261&CFTOKEN=51827448 
This site has a collection of activities and descriptions involving physics, biomechanics, and baseball.

Fun With Baseball Stats : http://illuminations.nctm.org/index_d.aspx?id=257 
Lesson plan for middle school students.

Graphical History of Baseball : http://home.istar.ca/~mbein/baseball.html 
On-line graphs comparing baseball data over the past century. A great starting point for a lesson on interpreting graphs.

Math League Baseball : http://euclid.barry.edu/~marinas/mat476/journal/kup319df.html 
Five week project for 8th graders.

FunBrain: Math Baseball : http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html  Get behind the plate and try your skill.

Physics of Baseball: The Sweet Spot : http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~cross/baseball.html 
A detailed look into the physics of baseball.

Baseball and Jackie Robinson : http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/98/robinson/intro.html 
This Library of Congress collection has information on Jackie Robinson, lesson plans, and class activities.

Baseball Almanac : http://baseball-almanac.com/bstatmen.shtml  Links to learn more about baseball abbreviations, a baseball stats calculator, history of baseball, players of baseball, quotes about the game, and much more.

Baseball Cards 1887-1914 : http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html 
A Library of Congress exhibit of early baseball trading cards.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum : http://web.baseballhalloffame.org/index.jsp  Lots of information about famous players and the history of the game. A great starting point for students interested in baseball's impact on American culture,

Ballparks of Baseball : http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/  Learn everything you ever wanted to know about each of the Major League ballparks, from seating charts to attendance figures, to the history behind former ballparks.

Baseball Library : http://www.baseballlibrary.com/homepage/  Dozens of links to historical events, biographies, team histories, and statistics.

Batter's Up Baseball : http://www.prongo.com/math/  Math game built on a baseball theme.

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