Re: pinhole Baseball Experiment Ideas

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From: Deb Hunt (dhunt@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 09:19:56 PST 

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From: Deb Hunt <dhunt@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole Baseball Experiment Ideas
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:19:56 -0800

Just a reminder that the Exploratorium's Baseball website has lots of
info on the science of baseball:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/
Deb

On Dec 13, 2004, at 8:47 PM, Anita Roberts wrote:

> An 8th grade student of mine is interested in doing a project that
> compares the distance a cheaper baseball travels with the distance
> a more expensive "professional" baseball travels when hit. The one
> variable that I am having a hard time helping him with is the swing.
> He is planning on hitting the baseballs with a bat to see how far they
> travel. Any ideas on how to test this using a more consistent method?
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Anita Roberts
>
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