Todd Collins

I attended college at Howard Payne University with a degree in Biology and then Baylor College of Dentistry for my DDS. I practice in Groesbeck, Tx. This will be our 8th year of homeschool. I have taught college level Anatomy and Physiology and been a guest lecturer for college classes as well. I am also an avid sports fan and coach Jr High Football for Texas Wind. I played football in college and have always enjoyed being able to explain how the sports are played from a scientific point of view and not just the game aspect. It's often surprising how much science and math goes into sports and how much science we can learn from them.

9th-12th: Sports Science

Biology in Basketball? Physics in Ping Pong? Chemistry in Football? We see sports everywhere around us, in many different forms, but do we see the science behind them? We will look at why (and how) sprinters hold their breaths for their entire race. We will answer why...