Football Helmets

After the Superbowl, the students learned about why football players need helmets while most other sports do not.  They wrote an evidence statement explaining why they needed helmets.  Most students wrote about how football players tackle each other and when they are hit their heads can be shaken in their helmets or rattled when they hit the ground.  This shaking can cause concussions.  Concussions can lead to memory loss and the inability of the brain to work properly for a short period of time and sometimes the damage can last longer.

Students also created football players to go with their evidence statement.

In addition, a couple of Environmental Studies students from the high school are currently working on a project to determine if using horse hoof material would make a better helmet that could eliminate or dramatically reduce concussions.  The students loved hearing about their project and how they have had some problems in creating their helmet, but found solutions to their problems.

The high school students sharing their project with inquisitive 2nd graders.

These are the students explanations of why football players need helmets with their football players.