BASEBALL  2010

Spring brings warm weather, pretty flowers, and baseball!
This week's sites help bring the excitement of a favorite American pastime into your classroom.
Please preview all sites before using them with students. Batter up!

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

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.

The TeachersCorner.net http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/baseball/index.htm  Puzzles and activities

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.

Washington Department of Education http://www.k12.wa.us/cisl/K-12/BaseballMath.aspx 
Baseball Math that can get students swinging for the fences!

Math League Baseball http://home.istar.ca/~mbein/baseball.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://baseballhall.org/  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.

MSD Perry Township Indianapolis, IN