Students design and build a three hill "tennis ball" roller coaster made of cardboard. During the design and building process, students explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy and how they change as the roller coaster travels on its path.

Concepts

friction, mechanical energy, potential energy

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Additional Tags

conservation of energy, discovery education, roller coaster project

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)