USA Roller Coasters

Sometimes science is all fun and games! A hands-on STEM instructional activity asks learners to design and create models of roller coasters. They analyze the motion using a marble and describe the areas of maximum kinetic and potential...

Let the good times roll as young thrill seekers build a roller coaster on school grounds. Future engineers design and build a roller coaster from flexible tubing. The roller coaster is for a marble, so there will be plenty of room to let...

Twisting and turning through the sky, roller coasters are popular attractions at amusement parks around the world, but how exactly do they work? Explore the physics behind these thrilling rides with an engineering design activity....

Take your class on the ride of their lives! Physical science scholars get an in-depth look at potential and kinetic energies in an amusement park-themed unit. Students research, design, and promote their own amusement parks, complete...

Groups design the ultimate roller coaster by considering potential and kinetic energy. They test their designs using marbles and then go on to rate each group's design based on aesthetics, loop diameter, and cost.

Students investigate racism by completing a writing assignment.  In this civil rights lesson plan, students research facts about Rosa Parks in order to write a newspaper article about her.  Students utilize the Internet for research and...

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students make a crossword puzzle from their vocabulary words. Students follow 6 sets of directions to make the online puzzle.

Students investigate word and picture puzzle techniques. They complete and create word and picture puzzles.

In this online interactive English worksheet, students search and find 25 important attributes found in life in a word search puzzle.

Does a tennis ball have energy? What about a bowling ball? Demonstrate concepts of different forms of energy forms and states with a variety of objects. Using the equations for potential and kinetic energy, learners determine the amount...