Baseball

=**Baseball**=

"In 1866, Charles A. Peverelly wrote, "The game of baseball has now become beyond question the leading feature of the outdoor sports of the United States. It is a game that is peculiarly suited to the American temperament and disposition. In short, the pastime suits the people, and the people suit the pastime." Baseball has deeply rooted itself in American culture just as soccer and hockey are in other nations. And, thanks to its appeal, children around the world have discovered how a team's skill, tactics, and strategies mirror life." (//2005 Connected Newsletter//).


 * Baseball Research Activities:**

|| **The Game** || **Players and Legends** || **Science of** ||
 * **History of Baseball** || **Baseball Equipment**
 * Baseball**
 * **Focus 1:**

How did Baseball begin? || **Focus 2:**

What is needed to play baseball? || **Focus 3:**

How is the game of baseball played? || **Focus 4:**

Who are the legends of baseball? || **Focus 5:**

How does science explain baseball? || * Create a chronology of the sport. * Study the history of the Negro Leagues.
 * **Objectives:**
 * Understand Jackie Robinson's role in baseball history. || **Objectives:**
 * Name and describe baseball equipment.
 * Study changes in equipment over time. || **Objectives:**


 * Learn the rules of baseball.
 * Define baseball vocabulary. || **Objectives:**
 * Create biographies about baseball's legends.
 * Discover the myths about the game.
 * Learn more about favorite teams and players. || **Objectives:**


 * Discover why baseballs curve.
 * Identify how weather and altitude affect the game. ||
 * **Resources:**


 * [|Inventor of the Modern Game]
 * [|Baseball and Jackie Robinson]
 * [|Negro Leagues History] || **Resources:**


 * [|Tools of the Trade]
 * [|Making a Glove]
 * [|The Baseball]
 * [|History of Baseball Bats] || **Resources:**


 * [|Baseball]
 * [|Major League Baseball's Official Rules]
 * [|Baseball Basics]
 * [|Baseball for Beginners] || **Resources:**


 * [|Baseball and its Myths]
 * [|Player Profiles]
 * [|Major League Baseball's Players]
 * [|Black Famous Baseball Firsts] || **Resources:**


 * [|The Science of Baseball]
 * [|The Physics of Baseball]
 * [|Weather and Baseball]
 * [|A Big Drag]
 * [|The Sweet Spot] ||
 * **Additional Resources:**


 * [|All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL)]
 * [|Baseball as America]
 * [|Baseball Hall of Fame]
 * [|Best Baseball Songs of All-Time]
 * [|Black Baseball]
 * [|Brainwagon: The Mathematics of Baseball]
 * [|FunBrain: Math Baseball]
 * [|The History of Ballpark Food]
 * [|Junior Baseball]
 * [|Little League Online]
 * [|Little Professor Baseball]
 * [|Louisville Slugger Museum]
 * [|MLB Kids Club]
 * [|MathNEXUS: Baseball ala Mathematics]
 * [|The Melodies Inspired by the Game]
 * [|Music of Baseball]
 * [|The Music of Baseball]
 * [|PBS: Baseball]
 * [|Take Me Out To The Ball Game]
 * [|Teacher's First Baseball Resources] ||