STEM & Sports Resources
Posted on June 14th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Engage your STEM students while instilling foundational physics, math, and science principles and such professional skills as teamwork through these eGFI Teachers sports-focused design challenges.
Check out these eGFI Teacher activities and other resources designed to up your STEM game, no matter what .
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Curt Tomasevicz earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and played football for the the University of Nebraska before joining the U.S. men’s national bobsled team in 2004 – and competing in three Olympics, taking home gold and bronze medals. Today, he’s back at his alma mater teaching introductory engineering while earning his Ph.D. 
Students in grades 3 to 12 explore the effects of gravity, friction, and air resistance upon acceleration by using the engineering design process to design, build, and test their own bobsleds with the aim of reducing run times with each attempt.
University of Vermont alumnus Mike Rogals has a rewarding career as an electrical engineer at Control Technologies Inc. He’s also an internationally ranked member of the U.S. men’s national bobsled team. Though Rogals narrowly missed clinching a slot at the Pyeongchang Games, other engineering grads with Olympic chops are heading for South Korea with Team USA. 
Teams of students in grades 3 to 8 learn about friction, forces, and the engineering design process by building and testing miniature bobsleds to see which can race down an icy slope either the fastest or slowest.
