Engineering
The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: What material or combination of materials creates a stronger tower? Materials:…
FACTivity – Batter Up
The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: What material or combination of materials creates a stronger tower? Materials: Paper Plastic Straws Wooden popsicle sticks Toothpicks Natural items (sticks,...
Learn more about the research engineers completed in 1951 about the best wood to use for baseball bats so they…
Spotlight – Time Warp for Batter Up!
Learn more about the research engineers completed in 1951 about the best wood to use for baseball bats so they break less frequently. Discover what has changed since this earlier...
This assorted set of 95 cards features a huge array of scientists and engineers across the country in the Forest…
Full Set of Scientist & Engineer Cards
This assorted set of 95 cards features a huge array of scientists and engineers across the country in the Forest Service. Career fields include wildlife, entomology, fire, soil, weather and…
Put your feet up in the dugout and flip through “Batter Up!,” the final edition in the Time Warp Series.…
Batter Up! (Time Warp Monograph Series) – Vol. 1 No. 17
Put your feet up in the dugout and flip through “Batter Up!,” the final edition in the Time Warp Series. In “Batter Up!”, learn about how engineers designed a test…
In “Batter Up,” learn about how engineers designed a test to determine baseball bat breakage rates for different types of…
Batter Up: Investigating What Type of Wood Makes the Best Baseball Bat
In “Batter Up,” learn about how engineers designed a test to determine baseball bat breakage rates for different types of wood.
Test your knowledge with an eyeChallenge after reading “Batter Up.” Each of the following images represents something from the article.…
eyeChallenge – Batter Up!
Test your knowledge with an eyeChallenge after reading “Batter Up.” Each of the following images represents something from the article. Explain what each of these images represents. You may write...
Unscramble the words below to make sentences about what you learned in “Batter Up!”
Word Scramble – Batter Up!
Unscramble the words below to make sentences about what you learned in “Batter Up!”
You will answer the following questions in the FACTivity: What are the ways different seeds move away from the parent…
FACTivity – Can We Grow Now?
You will answer the following questions in the FACTivity: What are the ways different seeds move away from the parent plant? What are the characteristics that enable seeds to travel...