9781422274767

Words To Understand: These words with their easy-to-understand definitions w the reader’s understanding of the text while building vocabulary skills.

Sidebars: This boxed material within the main text allows readers to build knowl gain insights, explore possibilities, and broaden their perspectives by weaving t additional information to provide realistic and holistic perspectives. Educational Videos: Readers can view videos by scanning our QR codes, provid with additional educational content to supplement the text. Examples include n coverage, moments in history, speeches, iconic sports moments, and much mor

Who Was Gustav Magnus? Magnus was a noteworthy German scientist. He was formally trained in chemistry but later in life, his r search was mo tly in physics. Most of his career was spent at the University of Berlin. He was a popular laboratory teacher, and he cranked out original rese ch throughout is lifetim . In all, he published eighty-four papers on topics ranging from chemical acids to thermoelectricity. He even published a paper on the absorption of gases in the blood. He had a reputation in Germany as a leading scientist, so the German government asked him to introduce the uniform metric system across all of Germany.

Text-Dependent Questions: These questions send the reader back to the text f careful attention to the evidence presented there.

Research Projects: Readers are pointed toward areas of further inquiry connect chapter. Suggestions are provided for projects that encourage deeper research

Series Glossary Of Key Terms: This back-of-the-book glossary contains termino used throughout this series. Words found here increase the reader’s ability to re comprehend higher-level books and articles in this field.

Good question! Why does a

spinning basketball sometimes deflect along its path? Why doesn’t the ball travel in a logical forward motion? Magnus figured out that objects like cannonballs deflect when they’re shot from a cannon because the cannonball experiences uneven

Magnus observed uneven friction and its effects on cannonballs, the same effect that applies to basketballs.

16 CONNECTING STEM AND SPORTS | BASKETBALL