Video Of The Week - The Science of The Summer Olympic Games
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if you are wondering how teenagers like Missy Franklin and Katie Ledeky seem to break records so effortlessly, or how Usain Bolt simply bolts past everyone with what appears to be inhuman speed, you are not alone.
Part of it of course, is hard work and perseverance, the other part - All science, say the experts. Watch how Missy has mastered the basic principles of fluid dynamics to emerge as one of the fastest swimmers in the world! To see what principal of science your favorite athlete has mastered go to science360.gov/series.
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- jiyoon2446almost 14 yearsIt is very exciting! I thought that science is just a boring subject, but it wasn't!
- aquamarinealmost 14 yearsYay~ the summer olympics!! It's the london olympic, RIGHT? Korea got 11gold,4silver,6bronze medals!! YAY YAY YAY!!!!! And we are competeing with brazil for soccer!!
- clara0504almost 14 yearsi am a korean but in soccer with brazil, we lost
- lia0128almost 14 yearsYOU ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
- lia0128almost 14 yearsWe won a lot of medals!!!
- jiyoon2446almost 14 yearsI went to the website, I checked out, and... Gor! Isn't it fantastic? The video is pretty long for this... 5 MINUTES! But it wasn't that boring, and was fine. It is exciting, but kind of boring though.
- ghgfgfdfalmost 14 yearsboringggggggg!
- miroo998almost 14 yearsYou are so wrong there!!
- sunnybunnycutiealmost 14 yearsPhysics rules the world!
- lilstakalmost 14 yearsCooool
- brooke7861almost 14 yearsso cool
- Ella cutiealmost 14 yearsthat rocks. i totally wish i was her
- izzy272727almost 14 yearscool