Olympics 2014

February 10, 2014

Hello Science Families,
I hope you have had the opportunity to sit and watch some of the Olympics with your children.  Science is visible in every aspect of these winter Olympic games!  The weather, the snow, icy snow, slush, incline, acceleration, trajectory, center of gravity, motion, physics, air resistance, etc, etc, etc.  We seem to be able to remember the Olympics that are broadcast every four years as we get older.  It is a great opportunity to share with our kids the joy and triumph that comes with winning and share the disappointment of being seconds away from the medal podium.

The Olympics offer all of us the opportunity to talk about hard work, dedication, fear, challenges, sacrifice, discipline...and did I mention hard work?  We share in the athletes emotions almost like we have worked along side them for the last four to eight years.  Some of these athletes are only a few years older than our own children!  Why is it that some among us take the Olympic path?  Some of us dream about if I could have I would have.  The rest of us are happy to hold the remote and be a couch cheerleader or athlete.

Go Team U.S.A. or whatever country your family is cheering for!  I for one am glad that I am not standing at the top of a snowy precipice looking down a 75% incline on a very tall mountain.  I respect the athletes for their dedication, and I'm happy to cheer them on.  Brrrrr...it is chilly inside my house.  Off to make some hot chocolate.

Yours in science,
Mrs. Biggs