Science behind Olympic sports

The National Science Foundation, NBC Learn, and NBC Olympics have collaborated to produce The Science of the Olympic Winter Games. This is a series of 16 short videos that introduce science and math concepts within the context of various Olympic sports. For example, the video, "Internal Athlete" uses the example of cross-country skiers to talk about oxygen consumption and the role of ACT; "Mathletes" shows examples of calculus, geometry, algebra, and addition in and around the Olympic games; and "The Science of Snowboarding" illustrates some basic principles of physics. The Science of the Olympic Winter Games interviews athletes, scientists, and researchers and answers some of those, "How do they do that?" questions.

As I was watching some of the clips I thoughts about possible classroom uses for the videos. Here are few that came to mind:
1. introduce concept
2. generate other inquiry questions. For example, after looking at "The Science of Skates," what other questions do you have about the design and construction of skates?
3. explore STEM career opportunities related to sport (e.g., materials engineers, physical therapists, mechanical engineers, physicians, statisticians, dieticians)
4. explore other career opportunities related to sport (e.g., costume designers, event planners, marketers and advertising professionals, operations managers, construction and trades workers, security systems designers)
5. use these clips as models for student-produced video explaining a math or science concept within the context of other applications (e.g., a school sport, music or musical instruments, art)
6. students develop in-depth lessons, videos, podcasts, or presentations to expand upon topics introduced in The Science of the Winter Olympic Games videos.

Any other ideas?