Physics in Baseball

Introduction

You and a fellow classmate are recent college graduates each with a degree in Physics. The two of you are going to be attending a job fair on campus this weekend and notice that in attendance are several sports franchises. To your amazement you see that a major league baseball team looking for a team Physicists to work with their franchise. Physics is every where, even in sports.

Task

In order to nail the job interview, you and your classmate will learn how Physics is applied/used in baseball. This will better help you demonstrate to the human resource people from the team, your knowledge in not only Physics but also of baseball.

Process

You and your classmate will make a Google Slide presentation demonstrating your understanding of how Physics impacts the recruiter's sport. You will also need to create a one minute "elevator pitch" that will convince the recruiter to hire you and your classmate.

Research how different aspects of Physics can be used in baseball. Remember the major concepts we covered during the year: Motion, Projectile Motion, Forces, Momentum, Work, and Conservation of Mechanical Energy.
Create a Google Slide presentation with the following parameters: A minimum of 8 slides but no more than 10 (1slide must be a title slide), the presentation must be easily read, visually appealing, contain information from at least 3 different Physics topics covered this year, and there must also be some type of visual on at lest 75% of your slides.
Write a script for a minute "elevator pitch".
One person in the group will present the Google Slide information and the other person will deliver the one minute "elevator pitch"

Resources

http://baseball.physics.illinois.edu

https://thehoya.com › science-and-sports-the-physics-b...

http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au › ~cross › baseball

https://magazine.wvu.edu/stories/2020/03/11/the-physics-of-baseball

https://whyy.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/kqed09.sci.phys.maf.kqedbaseball/the-physics-of-baseball/

https://pubs.aip.org › physicstoday › Online › The-physi...

Evaluation

Google Slide

Scoring Rubric:

	4	3	2	1
Readability	Graphics and colors are used in a way that allows the audience to easily read slides	Graphics and colors are used in a way that makes content a bit hard to read.	Graphics and colors are used in a way that makes content hard to read.	The presentation is hard to read. It is a distraction to the presentation.
Organization	Information is presented in a logical format. Title slide is included	Information is presented in a logical format. No title slide is present.	There is some logical sequencing of information.	There is no logical sequencing of information.
Graphics	More than 75% of the slides have graphics that support the presentation.	More than 50% of the slides have graphics that support the presentation.	More than 25% of the slides have graphics that support the presentation.	Less than 25% of the slides have graphics that support the presentation.
Content Accuracy	Covers topic completely and in depth. All information is accurate.	Includes essential information. Most information is accurate.	Includes some essential information. Clearly has 1 piece of inaccurate information.	Includes little essential information. Has multiple pieces of inaccurate information.

Elevator Pitch

Scoring Rubric:

	1	2	3
Speaking Quality	Read directly from paper, could not clearly understand the words, talked too quickly or too slowly, tone of voice was inappropriate for the setting	Read directly from the paper, but spoke clearly and with appropriate speed and tone of voice	Read directly from the paper, but nice voice quality and speed, made connections with the audience, and spoke very clearly
Nonverbal	Did not make eye contact, fidgeting excessively, and no facial expressions	Minimal eye contact, and a small amount of fidgeting, but no facial expressions	Made eye contact, did not fidget, and showed expression while speaking
Content	Short, and missing pieces of information, lacking detail, no hook, no summary	All pieces of information were present, but lacking detail, no hook, no summary	All information present with details, a great hook line, and great summary
Time	less than 30 seconds	30-59 seconds	1 minute

Conclusion

Congratulations!!! Your team is hired!

Now that you have learned how Physics is all around the game of baseball, maybe take a look at how Physics plays a role in one of your favorite sports.