Youths in program put math in motion on baseball field.
By Javier C. Hernandez
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Moments later, in a postgame analysis from their desks, the 24 boys and their camp instructors compare the flight patterns of the balls, offering theories to explain why smooth and rough balls follow different paths.
Some of the boys have never played baseball. Others have barely mastered basic algebra. But for four weeks this summer, the Boston-area middle-school students are learning physics through sport in an experiment that educators hope will hook boys on math and science.
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Source: The Boston Globe