Jim Gigliotti
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"As the pitcher sends the ball flying, the batter takes a big swing. Crack! The ball zooms out of the park. It's a home run. From the perfecting a pitch to syncing up a swing, baseball takes skill, practice, and a little bit of STEM. Explore the science, technology, engineering, and math behind the game of baseball. Sports and STEM? Score!"--
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"Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?" Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written in the stars that he would become a famous scientist in his own right. Although he was diagnosed with a neurological disease at age 21, Stephen did not let the illness...
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"Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work...
9) Tom Brady
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From unheralded sixth-round draft pick to Super Bowl hero--Tom Brady's journey to NFL stardom has been as rapid as it was surprising! Read how he combines humility, grace, and gritty determination to help his New England Patriots team succeed. They are the heroes, the winners, the champions. They are the people whose exploits thrill and inspire us all. They are the World's Greatest Athletes, and this series celebrates their lives and accomplishments....