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Building Roller Coasters
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Liddle, Scott |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students build their own small-scale model roller coasters using pipe insulation and marbles, and then analyze them using physics principles learned in the associated lesson. They examine conversions between kinetic and potential energy and frictional effects to design roller coasters that are completely driven by gravity. Students build their own small-scale model roller coasters using pipe insulation and marbles, and then analyze them using physics principles learned in the associated lesson. They examine conversions between kinetic and potential energy and frictional effects to design roller coasters that are completely driven by gravity. A class competition using different marbles types to represent different passenger loads determines the most innovative and successful roller coasters. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Duke University Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Physics Kinetic Energy Roller Coaster Gravity Simulation Conservation of Energy G-force Constraint Potential Energy Friction |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT2H |
| Education Level | Class VII Class VIII Class IX |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics |
