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Teach Engineering: Building Roller Coasters ActivityTeach Engineering: Building Roller Coasters Activity
Publisher
TeachEngineering
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Grade
7th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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Activities & Projects
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1250L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Building Roller Coasters

Curated by ACT

In this hands-on activity students learn about the laws of physics by creating a marble roller coaster.

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Concepts

civil engineering, engineering, friction, kinetic energy, potential energy, stem

Additional Tags

civil engineering project, lesson plan, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, roller coaster, force and motion

Classroom Considerations

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

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