Fall Baseball: October Special

Students	Teachers

Every October, baseball playoffs and the World Series distract millions of people from school and jobs. This year, put baseball frenzy to work for you by exploring the math and science of baseball and the history of the World Series. Go team!

Students

Baseball Cards: 1887 - 1914
View this collection of baseball cards from the Library of Congress. You'll see early cards with Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and other famous players.

Baseball Hall of Fame: Online Exhibits
See a gallery of World Series programs, look at the elite group of players who belong to the 3,000-hit club, or look at the history of the season home run record.

Baseball Home Run Simulator
Can you hit the ball out of the park? Use this baseball flight simulator to control pitch speed, hitting angle, and ballpark elevation to try to score a home run.

EdGate's School Athletics Center: Baseball
Take a deep dive into these links from the School Athletic Center. Find out about baseball scholarships, baseball news, and tips to enhance your play.

Math Baseball
FunBrain.com pitches up its popular math baseball game. Use it to help you practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.

On the Ball

Explore the physics of baseball at this PBS companion site to a Scientific American episode. Use the link at the top of the page to watch the baseball segment online.

PBS: Baseball
Don't miss this site that accompanies Ken Burns's baseball documentary series. Be sure to check out the baseball timeline and other interactive features.

The Science of Baseball
The Exploratorium, San Francisco's hands-on science museum, presents this popular and long-running interactive Web site about baseball and science. Test your reaction time, learn how to throw a curve ball, and more.

World Series at Major League Baseball
Go to the source -- Major League Baseball itself -- for the up-to-the-minute news on the World Series. Be sure to check out the history section.

Teachers

Baseball Fact or Fiction Use this lesson plan from Education World to give students experience with electronic research.   Fun with Baseball Stats Complete this entertaining lesson with your middle school students to help them make sense of statistics, decimals, percentages, and fractions.   Math League Baseball Use this five-week unit to help middle school students learn and review math concepts.   Math, Baseball, and the San Francisco Giants This is a fun Webquest-type set of activities for upper elementary to middle school students. They'll explore ticket prices, budgets, payrolls, and averages.

The Migration of Baseball to Latin America and Back
This lesson plan, written for the 2003 National History Day project, gives a fascinating look at the social and cultural history of baseball.

Mathline: Fantasy Baseball, Part 1
Download this middle school unit from PBS's TeacherSource to give students practice with probability and number skills.