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1 Roller Coasters

2 Vocabulary *Add this to your vocabulary sheet centrifugal force Motion energy that pushes an object outward from the center Example: riders are pushed outward from the center of the loop

3 Design me a Roller Coaster Work with your group to design a marble coaster using worksheet directions. You will be using 3 foam “tubes” for your coaster. (See the one on the demo table to know what they look like.) Draw your roller coaster design on the back of the worksheet *See next slides for some pictures of coasters made my students in past years.

4 Website Exploration Check out the animation: Energy Transformation on a Roller CoasterEnergy Transformation on a Roller Coaster Build a Roller Coaster: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/ http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/ Roller Coaster Simulation: http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/ http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/ Virtual Roller Coaster Rides: 1. http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/physical/giambattis ta/roller/roller_coaster.html http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/physical/giambattis ta/roller/roller_coaster.html 2.Roller Coaster.mp4Roller Coaster.mp4


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