"Team Up! Explore Science & Sports" Exhibit Returns to NCAA Hall of Champions

INDIANAPOLIS ---“Team Up! Explore Science & Sports,” a national exhibit that examines the science of sports through interactive components has returned to the NCAA Hall of Champions.  The exhibit, which has toured the country, will be open through December 2007 at the Hall of Champions in White River State Park. 

The Team Up exhibit allows visitors to test their skills in a variety of sports, such as basketball, tennis, soccer and football, while learning about geometry, physics, gravitational force and friction.  Visitors can pitch a baseball in a radar-equipped booth; experiment with balance on a balance beam; make a bounce pass using one of the displays and shoot a marble-sized basketball through a tiny hoop while learning about trajectory angles; and learn how different floor surfaces affect performance.  There also are displays that explain the development of sports equipment and test an individual’s knowledge of various types of equipment.

Team Up is the collaboration of The Discovery Center Museum in Rockford, Illinois, and the Family Museum of Arts and Science in Bettendorf, Iowa, with funding from the National Science Foundation.

The NCAA Hall of Champions - a two-level, 30,000-square-foot facility in the White River State Park- celebrates NCAA champions and is designed to create an appreciation for the unique journeys of the collegiate student-athlete.  The exhibits engage visitors and create a true-to-life understanding of just what it takes to be a champion.  Admission to the Hall of Champions is $3 for adults; senior citizens and students $2; and free for children five and under.  For more information on the NCAA Hall of Champions, visit www.ncaahallofchampions.org  or call 800/735-NCAA.