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Winter Olympic Games 2018 - Hockey, Team USA, Dancing and Korea - Vlog 11

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Winter Olympic Games 2018 - Hockey, Team USA, Dancing and Korea // We finally made it to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games to watch Team USA in the hockey! It's always great to have some time away and even better when we get to...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Bobsledding

12th - Higher Ed
The winter games in Vancouver provide a chance for the United States' four-man bobsled team to win its first gold medal in more than 60 years. And with the help of Paul Doherty, senior scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco,...
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History of the Winter Olympics

K - 5th
History of the Winter Olympics The Olympics From Antiquity to Paris 2024 part 4
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Slapshot (Hockey)

12th - Higher Ed
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...
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Science of the Winter Olympics Figure Skating

12th - Higher Ed
Every four years, we watch the stakes for Olympic figure skaters get higher, as they try to increase rotation in the air with their triple axels and quadruple toe loops. How do they do that? It's a scientific principle that we asked...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Cross-Country Skiing, Internal Athlete

12th - Higher Ed
The United States hasn't won an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing since 1976, but in 2010, several skiers hope to change that. If they're successful, you can be certain it's due to their incredible endurance--cross-country skiers are...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Motion

12th - Higher Ed
The Olympics are a unique chance to marvel at the physical abilities of these world-class athletes. But what makes them unique? After all, they're made of the same flesh and blood as the rest of us--how did they become Olympians? Dan...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Short Track Speed Skating

12th - Higher Ed
The U.S. speed skating team has two best hopes against a powerful South Korean team that took three- of-a-possible-four golds in Torino: Apolo Ohno and J.R. Celski--an 18-year-old World Champion in his first Olympics. Speed skating is...
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Science of the Winter Olympic Games - Science of Ice

12th - Higher Ed
The science that makes ice slippery also makes the Olympic Winter Games possible. But exactly what makes ice slippery? Ken Golden, a mathematician at the University of Utah, explains how the unique surface of ice makes the slide and...
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Science of the Olympic Winter Games Figure Skating Physics

12th - Higher Ed
Figure skating has become one of the most popular events at the Winter Olympics. Head of the Physics Department at the University of Michigan Brad Orr explains that good balance, or stability, is basic to everything a skater does--and...
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The History and Significance of the Olympics

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Olympics is a historic and prestigious international sporting event that brings together athletes from around the world to compete in a wide range of sports. Dating back to ancient times in Greece, the modern Olympics began in 1896...
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All About the Olympics for Kids - The History and Symbols of The Olympics: FreeSchool

K - 9th
https://patreon.com/freeschool - Help support more content like this! The Olympics are a famous world-wide sporting event that takes place every few years. They have a history based in the ancient Greek Olympics, but there are new...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Curling

12th - Higher Ed
Curling has been in the Winter Olympics for four years 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 Vancouver, explains this unusual sport, and NSF-funded...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Skates

12th - Higher Ed
The ice skates worn by this year's hockey players, figure skaters and speed skaters are vastly different from what were once used. Melissa Hines, the Director of the Cornell University Center for Materials Research, and Sam Colbeck, a...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Ski Jumping

12th - Higher Ed
This year, the U.S. team is a serious medal contender in Nordic Combined, a sport that combines ski jumping with cross-country skiing. U.S. hopefuls Todd Lodwick and Bill Demong, along with NSF-funded scientists Paul Doherty, senior...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Downhill Science

12th - Higher Ed
In February, Olympic skiers such as Julia Mancuso, Ted Ligety, Marco Sullivan and Scott Macartney will race down Vancouver's Whistler Mountain at speeds of up to 90 miles an hour. Paul Doherty, senior scientist at the Exploratorium in...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Safety Gear

12th - Higher Ed
As athletes push themselves to their limits and sometimes crash or collide, they rely on protective gear to keep them safe. NSF-funded scientists Katharine Flores, an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Suit Up

12th - Higher Ed
Olympic athletes have long worn special competition clothing to gain an edge. Science and technology continue to improve on what they wear. Hear from Olympians Chad Hedrick, Steve Holcomb and Erin Hamlin, and Melissa Hines, the director...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Mathletes

12th - Higher Ed
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...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - The Science of Skis

12th - Higher Ed
In skiing events like the downhill, slalom or ski jump it's often the skis that are bound to an athlete's feet--and the materials used to make them--that give these athletes an edge over the competition. U.S. Ski Team members Julia...
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Science of the Winter Olympics - Snowboarding

12th - Higher Ed
The stakes are high for the snowboarders in Vancouver as they try to master new tricks to unseat the star of Torino, American Shaun White. But to get "max air" off the half-pipe without losing their balance, they might want to check out...
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NASA Studies Snow At The Winter Olympics

3rd - 11th
NASA engineer Manuel Vega can see one of the Olympic ski jump towers from the rooftop of the South Korean weather office where he is stationed. Vega is not watching skiers take flight, preparing for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics...
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How to Celebrate the History of the Winter Olympics

9th - Higher Ed
The Winter Olympics offer plenty of opportunities for celebration. Here are a few of the more unusual ways to celebrate.
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The Origins and Traditions of the Olympic Games

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A brief overview of the origins and traditions of the Olympic Games, from its roots in ancient Greek mythology to its revival in the modern era. Explore the significance of key elements such as the Olympic flag representing the five...

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