Science and Engineering of the Olympics

With the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia just concluded and still fresh in the minds of students (and teachers), here is a resource from NSF and NBC Learn that provides 10 video segments on science and engineering principles involved in many of the competitions. This is a follow-up from a similar 2010 endeavor. Science and Engineering of the Winter Olympics.

Science of the Summer Olympics

As an update to the 3/16/12 post here about "Pizza, Pi and Pucks," the NBC network, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, has added to its "NBC Learn" features to include the "Science of the Summer Olympics."  As of this post, ten videos are posted on such subjects as "Designing Safety Helmets" for boxing, "Designing a Fast Pool" and "Fluid Dynamics" on swimming, and "Engineering for Mobility" on para-olympics; some math topics are also incorporated.  Lesson plans are expected to be posted in August. Visit the link at NBC Science of the Summer Olympics .