46 47 47 48 48 1 2 3 4 5 4 KICKING AROUND WITH STEM SCIENCE ON THE FIELD 12 THE GOALS OF TECHNOLOGY 22 ENGINEERING SOCCER GAMES 28 TABLE OF CONTENTS BEND IT WITH MATH 36 GLOSSARY ONLINE RESOURCES MORE INFORMATION INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR
From youth soccer to the professional level STEM concepts are always in play
5 CHAPTER 1 KICKING AROUND WITH STEM The game comes down to this one kick The goalkeeper is on her toes As she prepares to defend her goal her mind swirls with statistics about her opponent She's trying to remember what she has learned about the player preparing to take the shot She knows that 8 out of 10 times this player tries to shoot the ball into the lower right corner of the goal The keeper knows
