When I did a search on "baseball," I got over 2,000,000 sites....after spending days searching through most of them, these are the sites we will use during this unit. If you find some great site...please share...we are always trying to fine tune our site....but don't bother sending us other MLB teams official web site...there is only one MLB team site we care to bookmark....The Seattle Mariners...go M's!!!

	The Seattle Mariners! The BEST Ball Club, and yes we are bias!!!!
	Major League Baseball official web site.
	Safeco Field the best ball park to watch the best team play in!!!
	Ballparks of Baseball past, present and future
	Math in Baseball this site is very dry, but great information! Basically analysis of baseball and the different aspects of the game. Essays and scientific "stuff." The links at the bottom are very good.
	Baseball Almanac History of Baseball, facts, figures and other information. Tons of information on almost anything related to baseball.
	Baseball Think Factory This is a fan's web site with interesting articles and team/player information. This page from this site has been valuable in finding information.
	A Graphical History of Baseball Very interesting to see stats charted out.
	HeavyHitter.com "is the Worlds Largest Baseball Directory: There is so much baseball here, you can almost taste the peanuts and cracker jacks."
	Historic Baseball History, History and more History.
	Interactive Baseball Rules A very fun way to learn the rules of baseball!!!
	National Baseball Hall of Fame More information than you can swing at.
	Science of Baseball This one is really the science of baseball....curveballs, reaction time etc.
	The Physics of Baseball Just that...Physics...and a bit more
	Baseball Guru Great site. Enjoyed clicking here and there and learning.
	Sporting News up to the minute information
	Black Baseball information about the Negro League.
	Negro League another site about the Negro League.
	Batter's Up Baseball (math games to play) not necessarily about math/science inside the game...just using the game vernacular to learn.
	FunBrain's Try at baseball and math
	Math, Baseball & the San Francisco Giants! A site where they use baseball for math story problems. The site is no longer maintained so it might disappear without notice.
	Americas Library on Baseball (great links)
	Unit on Baseball

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Projects

	Make up a new game and have your family play it.
	Go to a Major League game. (of course our favorite)
	Go on a tour of Safeco Field.
	Chart/map where a team goes for a month.
	Cost analysis of a family night at the ballpark.
	Memorize Casey at Bat, Star Spangle Banner, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, or another baseball poem.

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Writing assignments

	Write to each organization and request information. (It was amazing who wrote back and who didn't)
	Put together "THE BEST" team of all time (with documentation).
	Pick a player and do a three page report.
	Report on history and future of baseball.
	Do a flapbook of all we learned. .(To see other flapbooks we have done)

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Completed: April, 2003

Last update: March, 2007

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