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20 Sporty Science Activity Ideas for Kids

June 17, 2021 By Emma Vanstone Leave a Comment

Olympic and sports day fever is about to start, so I’ve put together a collection of fun sport-themed science experiments and investigations. You can find out what happens to your heart rate and breathing as you exercise, make a model of a heart and lung, discover why balls bounce, test reaction time and lots more sporty science ideas for kids .

Sporty Science Ideas

Exercise and heart rate.

First up, is an easy activity to learn about the effect of exercise on heart rate . If using a stethoscope is too difficult, children can put their hands on their hearts to feel the beats.

This investigation is great for thinking about correct experimental design, including which conditions to change and which to keep constant.

Heart and Lung Model

Discover how the lungs work with a simple model of a lung . I also have an easy pumping heart model using a jar to demonstrate how heart valves work.

Find out what’s inside your blood with this fun demonstration from Creekside Learning.

Healthy and Strong Bones

Learn about the structure and function of the human skeleton by making models of the spine and paper bone models.

Discover how to keep your bones strong and healthy with an activity to learn about foods that are good for bone strength and what happens when a bone is broken.

How much sugar?

Discover how much sugar drinks contain with a simple matching task.

Why do balls bounce?

Investigate why and how balls bounce with a super simple bouncing balls investigation.

Which material would make the best hockey puck?

This easy activity is great for starting to think about properties of materials and why materials are chosen for a particular purpose. See this version by Creative Family Fun .

Test your Reaction Time

Test your reaction time with a very simple science demonstration using a ruler.

Put your design skills to the test with a brilliant shoebox football table from The Mad House.

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Use surface tension to power a model canoe or lolly stick surfboard.

Build and test a football goal.

Design a sailboat with a working sail.

Design an investigation to test whether people with longer legs jump further or run faster than people with shorter legs.

Build a javelin from rolled-up paper and find out how far you can throw it.

Construct a bow and arrow using lolly sticks and elastic bands.

Build a catapult to shoot a mini basketball into a hoop.

Find out if you can jump further if you run and jump or jump without the run-up.

Experiment to find out if it’s easier to bounce a ball on a baseball bat or tennis racquet.

Design a grip for a tug-of-war rope?

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Stay away from the typical, overdone science fair cliches. Instead, create something that combines sports and science for your science fair project. 

Ideas to Get You Started

• How does the material from which a baseball bat is made affect performance? How does a wood bat compare with an aluminum bat?
• Does altitude affect the height of a ball bounce (for example, a golf ball)? If an effect is seen, can you attribute it to gravity or atmospheric pressure?
• Examine the effect of energy bars on performance. Pick a sport. Is there a difference in performance if you use a protein-boosting energy bar versus a carbohydrate-boosting energy bar?
• What is the effect of using a corked baseball bat compared to a normal one?
• Does drinking an energy drink (or sports drink) affect reaction time? memory?
• Are there really streaks in baseball? Or is it simply chance?
• Compare energy drinks based on cost, taste, short-term effect, and long-term effect.
• Which sports drink contains the most electrolytes?
• How is a ball's diameter related to the time it takes to fall?
• Does the length of a golf club affect the distance you can hit the ball?
• Does a swim cap really reduce a swimmer's drag and increase speed?
• How does exercise affect heart rate? This project is especially good if you can track data over a longer time frame.
• Does exercise affect reaction time?
• Does regular exercise affect memory?
• At what slope angle is the mechanical advantage of a bicycle lost, as compared to running?
• Compare different brands of balls for a sport (like baseball or golf) for cost versus performance.
• Do helmets really protect against a crash? (Perform this test with a stimulant like a watermelon.)
• What is the best air pressure for a soccer ball?
• How does temperature affect the accuracy of a paintball shot?
• Does altitude, temperature, or humidity have an effect on the number of home runs hit at a baseball diamond?
• Does the presence or absence of a net affect free throw accuracy?
• Measure the effect on peripheral vision from wearing different types of corrective eyewear (such as glasses). Does an athlete experience a noticeable improvement when peripheral vision is increased?
• Is there an effect if you fill an inflatable ball with a different gas than air (such as nitrogen or helium)? You can measure the height of a bounce, weight, and effect on passing, as well as how long it stays inflated.

Tips for Choosing a Project

• If you are an athlete or trainer, pick the sport you know best. Can you identify any problems to be examined? A good science fair project answers a question or solves a problem.
• When you have an idea, consider how to design an experiment around it. You need data. Numerical data (numbers and measurements) are better than qualitative data (greater/lesser, better/worse), so design an experiment that gives you data you can graph and analyze.

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This lesson explores the idea of replication when completing scientific investigations. Students are asked to create a plan for Science Incorporated to determine if their investigations are replicable.

Students will discover the importance of scientific replication by performing an investigation requiring them to write, and then follow, step-by-step instructions. The scenario will be based on the show Survivor and will involve making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

It is important that experiments are repeated by other scientists. If similar results are not gathered, the conclusion(s) drawn would not have validity.

Teacher will do demonstration mixing a clear liquid (vinegar) and a white powder (baking soda) resulting in a bubbling chemical reaction. The students will then be given the packages of materials and be asked to replicate the teacher's experiment, repeating their trial 3 times. Some groups will not be able to do this since their white powder is not baking soda, but cornstarch, which will not react with vinegar. Out of this discrepant event, the guiding questions will evoke the realization that accurate information is necessary to for replication of scientific investigations. Time will be spent differentiating replication from repetition.

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Help Ryan revise his soccer science experiment to make it replicable. In this interactive tutorial, you'll learn what "replicable" means and why it's so important in science.

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Science fair projects that involve sports offer many possibilities. Like any science project, you will first determine your hypothesis, then collect, analyze data and summarize your findings. If you love a particular sport, incorporating it well into your school science fair could not only bring you a good grade, but the investigation could also improve your performance in the game.

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Compare different brands and price ranges of balls. Do the more expensive ones perform better? Golf balls, footballs, soccer balls or baseballs can be the focus of this science fair project. Borrow equipment to keep the cost down while maintaining the integrity of the project.

Study how air pressure changes a ball. Show how pumping the football, soccer ball or basketball with air affects its performance.

Are dimples on a golf ball necessary? Take a golf ball apart and explore why they are designed the way they are. Same could be done with a baseball or softball.

What is the difference in performance between an aluminum bat and a wooden bat? Does a corked bat really make an impact?

Body Mechanics in Sports

Test how height is related to the speed of a person's walking pace. Can you determine the height of a person by just their pace? Use volunteers of varying size and age to create a chart that shows your findings.

Experiment with body mechanics in baseball by analyzing the reasons behind stance, swing or pitching style. Coaches often tell players to stand a certain way to get the most power. Break down the mechanics to see whether they are correct. How much does the way you stand affect the power behind your swing?

The martial arts offer a variety of possible science fair projects. Consider doing an experiment with kicks and velocity. Show how rotational momentum adds or reduces a kick's power. Illustrate the difference between kinetic energy and stored, potential energy in martial arts.

Study the muscles in the body that are used for a particular sport. Show how different body types perform in different sports.

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Do energy drinks affect reaction time? Performance? Memory? Compare the different ingredients in energy or sports drinks. What do they claim in their advertising? Compare cost or nutrition. Can a homemade version of a sports drink offer the same performance boost? Can it pass a blind taste test?

Examine different brands of nutrition bars. Compare protein energy bars against carbohydrate energy bars by showing the short- and long-term effects of these products. Do they work best before or during a sporting event?

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Simferopol is the capital and the largest city of Crimea. It is the business, administrative and cultural center of the peninsula. It has about 360,000 inhabitants.

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Simferopol was the capital of the Scythian State, known as Scythian Naples, during the 3 rd century BC. During the 1 st century the Tartats built their settlements at Ak-Mosque and became the residence of Kalga Sultan, the governor of the Crimean Khanate. The name Simferopol has been used since 1784 when the city was annexed from the Crimean Khanate to the Russian empire  led by Catherine II. Simferopol is a Greek word meaning “city gatherer” or “good city”. Since October 1921 Simferopol has had the status of Capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, first as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1991 to the first quarter of 2014 as part of Ukraine. After the Annexation of the peninsula by the Russian Republic, Simferopol remained the capital of Crimea.

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The parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the Council of Ministers, known as the Verkhovna Rada, are located in Simferopol. The city is also the administrative center of the Simferopol Region.

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