National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympics: Slapshot Physics
One of the most popular team sports in the Winter Olympics is hockey. More than just a physical game, for scientists, it's a showcase for physics on ice - especially when it comes to the slapshot. Three-time Olympian Julie Chu, Thomas...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Winter Olympics: Science of Snowboarding
To get "max air" off the half-pipe without losing their balance, snowboarders might want to check out this experiment that Paul Doherty, a senior scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, cooked up, using a skateboard and a glass...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympics: Mathletes
It's been called "the Queen of Sciences" - mathematics. It might not be as obvious in Olympic sports as physics or materials-engineering, but math - from simple arithmetic to calculus - is part of every jump, every spin, every move the...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympics: Science Friction
Curling has been in the Winter Olympics for a while now, but it still seems a little strange to most of us. John Shuster, the captain - or "skip" - of the U.S. Curling Team in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, explains this unusual sport,...
PBS
Pbs: Poetry Everywhere: Robert Frost: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Brief biographical information about American poet Robert Frost, including a video [1:26] of Frost reading one of his famous poems, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
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"The Snowflake Man" (A Short Film About Snowflake Bentley)
This YouTube video documents the life of Wilbur Bentley, the man who first developed a way to photograph snowflakes. Bentley is the man whose life is the basis of the book, Snowflake Bentley. [8:33]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Other Cool Stuff: Snowflakes, Starflakes, and Swirlflakes
Unusual variations on the paper snowflake.
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You Tube: How Is Artificial Snow Made? Reactions
In what may be the warmest Winter Olympics on record, Sochi looks more like SoCal by the day. With few real snowflakes to blanket Sochi's slopes, our latest episode explains how science keeps the Winter Olympics alive with artificial snow.