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Wonderscape
The Thrills of Physics: Understanding Roller Coaster Energy
Explore the law of conservation of energy and how it applies to the exhilarating experience of roller coasters. This video explains how gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy interact and transform throughout a roller coaster...
Wonderscape
The Science of Roller Coasters: Friction, Acceleration, and Thrills
Dive into the science behind roller coasters, exploring how friction and acceleration play crucial roles. Understand how friction converts energy into heat, impacting the coaster's motion, and learn how acceleration, influenced by...
SciShow
The Physics of Roller Coasters
Roller coasters give people the opportunity to experience physics in dramatic ways. In this episode of SciShow, we break down how physics work on roller coasters to give you the ride of your life!
SciShow
The Physics of Roller Coasters
Roller coasters give people the opportunity to experience physics in dramatic ways. In this episode of SciShow, we break down how physics work on roller coasters to give you the ride of your life!
Wonderscape
The Art of Roller Coaster Engineering: Design and Construction
Explore the fascinating world of roller coaster engineering, where creativity meets physics. Learn how constraints like budget, materials, and safety shape the design process, and discover why steel has become the material of choice for...
Wonderscape
Roller Coasters and Physics: The Thrill of Motion and Energy
Dive into the physics behind roller coasters, understanding how gravity, speed, velocity, and energy principles make these thrilling rides possible. Learn about gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy, key factors in roller...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Physics of Roller Coasters
In this video, the teacher explains the physics behind roller coasters and how engineers design and build them. Topics covered include gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, conservation of energy, friction, acceleration, and...
Curated Video
The Thrilling History and Physics of Roller Coasters
This video explores the fascinating history and thrilling evolution of roller coasters. From their humble beginnings on mining tracks to the mind-blowing heights and speeds of modern coasters, viewers will discover the exhilaration and...
Curated Video
The Physics of Thrills: Exploring Roller Coasters
Step into the exciting world of roller coasters and learn how they blend physics with fun to deliver thrilling experiences safely. This video takes you behind the scenes to uncover how roller coasters are designed to maximize excitement...
Curated Video
Thrills and Physics: The Science Behind Roller Coasters
Explore the thrilling world of roller coasters with Mac Lesggy as he discovers how these exhilarating rides stay safely on track while delivering adrenaline-pumping experiences. Learn about the engineering that keeps the rides secure and...
Curated Video
Conservation of Energy Principle: Solving for Motion in a Roller Coaster Track
This video explains the principle of conservation of energy by solving a problem involving a block moving on a frictionless U-shaped track. It demonstrates how potential and kinetic energy transform, allowing you to calculate the block's...
Curated Video
The Wild World of Rollercoasters
Roller coasters are thrilling amusement rides found in theme parks around the world. They consist of a train of cars that run on a track, featuring a combination of ups, downs, and loops. With various launch mechanisms and safety systems...
Science Buddies
Build a Paper Roller Coaster
Have you ever ridden a roller coaster? Have you ever wanted to design your own? There are plenty of expensive toys and even video games that will let you build your own coasters—but in this project you'll make one out of paper and tape,...
Physics Girl
Conservation of Energy - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern
Lesson 10 (Conservation of Energy) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this...
Curated Video
Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy & Derivation of the Law of Conservation of Energy
Discover how mechanical energy—kinetic plus potential—remains conserved in systems under conservative forces. With real-world examples like roller coasters, this lesson simplifies a core law of classical mechanics.
Flipping Physics
Number of g's or g-Forces Introduction
Description and examples of g-forces or number of g’s.
The Wall Street Journal
The Psychology of Experience
IDC Herzliya Digital Psychology and Behavior Design Lecturer Liraz Margalit presents on the pivotal importance of behavioral psychology in company digitization efforts.
Wonderscape
Parts of Speech: Understanding the Building Blocks of Sentences
In this video, the teacher explains the different parts of speech, including nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. The teacher provides examples and explanations for each part of speech, highlighting their functions and how...
Science Buddies
Do a Physics Simulation Science Project
Use an online physics simulator to compare the real-world behavior of a physical device like a catapult, ball run, or Rube Goldberg machine to a computer simulation in this fun science project.
Curated Video
Adding Physical Actions to Enhance Character Reactions in Writing
In this video lesson, the teacher guides students on how to add physical actions and reactions to their writing in order to better convey the emotions and experiences of their characters. Through examples and exercises, the teacher...
TMW Media
Potential Energy And Energy Conservation: The conservation of energy
How is mechanical energy and the conservation of energy alike? What is the formula for mechanical energy?
Potential Energy And Energy Conservation, Part 2
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How rollercoasters affect your body - Brian D. Avery
In 1895, crowds flooded Coney Island to see America's first-ever looping coaster: the Flip Flap Railway. But its thrilling flip caused cases of severe whiplash, neck injury and even ejections. Today, coasters can pull off far more...
World Science Festival
The Science of Disney Imagineering (excerpt)
How can one person hear a sound that the person right next to them can't? Why are we tracking elephants and what are they saying to each other? What happens when you freeze air? Are you up to the challenge of our Roller Coaster...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Free falling in outer space - Matt J. Carlson
If you were to orbit the Earth, you'd experience the feeling of free fall, not unlike what your stomach feels before a big dive on a roller coaster. With a little help from Sir Isaac Newton, Matt J. Carlson explains the basic forces...