Skiing

The unique surface of ice allows the slide and glide of winter sports to happen.

Olympian slopestyle skier Nick Goepper explains the physics behind the sport.

Olympic skis are made of fiberglass and polymers engineered to give the right flexibility and more.

The organization of human cells through training, exercise and "muscle memory" produce the fantastic range of Olympic motion.

An Olympic bobsled run is used to illustrate acceleration, velocity, gravity, and drag.

The quadrocopter is a flying robotic device that has the ability to learn and improve its performance over time.

Arithmetic and math are part of every Winter Olympic event and every move Olympic athletes make on snow or ice.

Olympic athletes, trainers and a sports scientist and chemist explain why cross-country skiers are among the fittest athletes in the world.

Regenerative engineering could one day reduce recovery time and get athletes back faster.

The chemistry and materials science used to create aerodynamic competition suits is explained.

Short track speed skating, the fastest self-propelled sport in the Winter Games, illustrates all of Newton's First Three Laws of Motion.

A figure skaters center of mass affects their balance and stability of every step, jump, spin, and lift.