St Joseph High School

Earth Science & Biology
February 2012

 

Recommended Athenaeum Databases

1. Gale Science in Context
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=SCIC&locid=mlin_w_berkath

• Under Topics, see especially Sports Science

2. General Reference Center Gold
http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=GRGM&locid=mlin_w_berkath

3. Science Online
http://tinyurl.com/6ow39x2

Recommended Websites

Sabermetrics
http://www-math.bgsu.edu/~albert/papers/saber.html
http://sabr.org/

How a touch screen works
Chemistry of Modern Cooking
In Vitro Fertilization
Brain Development in Infants and Children
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Genetic Tests for Cancer

Science of Gymnastics
http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/virtualpress/student/honorstheses/pdfs/D87_2005DupuisColleen.pdf
http://www.popsci.com/know-your-olympic-sport/article/2008-08/bend-it-science-gymnastics

Discovery of New Planets in Solar System
Global Warming

Physics of skiing
http://discovermagazine.com/2004/feb/physics-of-skiing
http://www.nbclearn.com/olympics
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2002.web.dir/Tyler_Freeman/index.html

 

Sports Science- Combine Challenge
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6159176
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6355292

Science of Basketball
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/optimizing-a-basketball-shot/

Science of Snowmobiling
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2010-05/invention-awwards-faster-safer-snowmobiling

Sports Genes
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1169440/index.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/sports/30genetics.html?scp=1&sq=sports%20genes&st=cse

Lung Cancer
How Weather affects mood
Crohn's Disease
Medical Benefits of Mole Rats
Genetic Inheritance in Humans
Target Treatments for Curing Cancer
Solar Panels
Science of Cars
Geothermal Energy
How a Hybrid Car Works
How the Brain Works
Keystone Pipe Line project
Hydro engineering

all:

www.sciencedaily.com has some good articles for a starting point.