The Science Behind Bowling
57:25
Grades: 5 - 12
Video Description: investigate the physics that makes a difference between a strike, a spare, and a gutter ball. Explore bowling through the lens of Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. Investigate important terms such as friction, force, gravity, mass, momentum, inertia, and velocity and see how they play out as the bowling ball is released and tracks down the lane to contact with the pins.
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