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- 3rd - 12th
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Students examine the different types of roller coasters and the materials used to build them. They conduct experiments to design a safe but exciting roller coaster. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students design a roller coaster. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the laws of motion by conducting a roller coaster experiment. They compute the speed and create a data table and graph their results. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine how Sir Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion effect roller coaster rides. They complete three experiments and research project. They create a model roller coaster. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students study the mathematics involved in roller design. They draw and discuss situations in which slope and height are designed. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students design a roller coaster and demonstrate their knowledge of Potential and Kinetic Energy. They determine the average velocity a given marble travels on their roller coaster and apply their knowledge of various measurement systems by converting the average velocity from cm per second to miles per hour. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students investigate the history and physics of roller coasters. They conduct an experiment, explore various websites, create a timeline, and design a prototype of a roller coaster online. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students watch a demonstration that allows the teacher to show Galileo's inertia experiment and how and why the hills on roller coasters are designed as they are. The roller coaster simulator can be mounted on a magnetic chalkboard; directions included. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students discuss and demonstrate the difference between potential and kinetic energy. They design and build foam-tubing roller coasters to show how mass and height affect the potential energy of an object. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students examine how the motion of an object can be described and measured through participation in a virtual physics experiment. As a class, students form a hypothesis and devise a method for testing the hypothesis. They complete three sets of trials and record their data. Students draw conclusions based on their findings. Full Review »
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