THE SCIENCE OF FUN THE SCIENCE OF BACKYARD FUN BY R L VAN CONTENT CONSULTANT Mike Bennett PhD JILA NSF Physics Frontier Center University of Colorado Boulder Cover image Blowing bubbles is one of many backyard activities explained by science An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdobooks com Core Library
CHAPTER ONE PLAY BALL and his friends were playing catch in the it was a sunny summer afternoon Alex backyard Everyone was standing far apart They liked the challenge of throwing the ball as far as they could Alex threw the baseball to Jack He tossed it high into the air He had to throw it hard so it would reach Jack It curved through the air It landed in Jack’s glove Jack turned quickly and A game of catch can be a fun form of exercise 5
