(Returns January 2008)
How should the face of a tennis racquet be angled to achieve the shot you want?
The answers to these questions and many more are waiting for you at Team Up! Explore Science & Sports. This exciting hands-on exhibition will give you an in-depth look at the many scientific principles of athletics.
Visitors are invited to check out the fun and fascination that are involved in becoming a winning athlete. Snowboard or play soccer in the virtual reality exhibit. Measure the speed of your best pitch in the radar-equipped pitching booth!
Discover how important science is in the everyday sports world and the important roles played by geometry, physics, force and friction.
The exhibition is funded by the National Science Foundation and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Prisms separate the colors that make white light. Glass prisms bend light, spread it out, and reflect it, the same way water drops do when they make rainbows. Learn more about prisms in our Color and Light exhibit.
