STEM in Basketball

STEM in Basketball — page 3
revolutions per second of backspin The ball soars in an arc toward the basket The angle drops the ball into the net Swish The buzzer sounds and the team rushes out onto the court to celebrate Of course Isabelle and Kelsey weren't thinking about all the angles vectors numbers and forces in those three seconds But these concepts in science technology engineering and math STEM are visible in every game of basketball HISTORY OF BASKETBALL Basketball's inventor wasn't thinking about the science either He was thinking about giving his students a sport to play in the winter In December 1891 Dr James Naismith took over a physical education class at a school in Springfield Massachusetts Many of the students already played football and rugby They weren't satisfied with playing traditional indoor games The new sport needed to be simple to learn yet challenging to play Naismith borrowed ideas from a few other sports