The Science of the Winter Olympics

I came across this link: National Science Foundation: Science and Engineering of the Winter Olympic Games 2014 while checking out Richard Byrne's FreeTech4Teachers blog this morning.

It is a collection of 10 videos that explore some of the events in the 2014 Winter Olympics and the physics and science behind these sports. The video covers a number of different topics. Some of the videos cover the physics of certain events and how the understanding of the science behind them allow the athletes to perform better and designers to create equipment that is more efficient as well. There are some videos covering the science behind the healing of injuries to help athletes recover and get back to peak performance levels. There are even some videos on the science of snow and how it affects athletes and events.

Here is the video on the science of snow.

For anyone who loves the Olympics this is a very exciting time of year. These videos can be some great resources to interest students in the science behind why Shaun While is awesome!