1. The Thrills and chills of Roller Coasters Presented By Gage Holzhauer Project 16 Roller Coasters 1/11/12

2. Roller Coasters are the thrill of the world. As you fly around the track doing crazy inversions and at amazing speeds you get a weird feeling in your stomach that is exhilarating. Roller coasters are a lot of fun and entertaining.

3. The History of Roller Coasters The roller coaster was first built in 1784 in Russia and others believe it was in Paris in the year 1812. The first roller coaster was built out of wood and its purpose was for entertainment. The first roller coaster in America was built in 1884 on Coney Island New york. The first friction roller coaster was in the 1920’s. But later on the steel roller coaster was innovated and is more popular and better.

4. Did you know Below are ten fun facts about roller coasters 1.Longest coaster is the Steel Dragon 8,133ft 2.The fastest is Kingda Ka at 128mph 3.Their are 4 coasters with a 97 degree drop 4.Kingda ka is the highest at 450ft 5.Kingda ka has the farthest drop at 432ft 6.The second longest is 7,677ft long in the U.S 7.Top thrill dragster is the second fastest at 123mph 8.The farthest vertical drop is the Griffin at 205ft at 90degrees 9.Top thrill dragsters drop is 405ft 10.Top thrill dragster is 430 ft tall

5. Fastest Roller Coasters in the World RankSpeed mph Roller coasterAmusement park Location 1149Formula RossoYas IslandArab Emirates 2128Kingda KaSix flagsU.S New Jersey 3120Top Thrill Dragster Cedar PointU.S Ohio 4107DodonpaFuji-Qi-HighlandJapan 5100Tower of TerrorDream WorldAustralia 695Steel DragonNagashima Spa Land Japan 794IntimidatorKings DominionU.S Virginia 893Millennium Force Cedar PointU.S Ohio 992LeviathanCanada's wonderland Canada 1085TitanSix Flags TexasTexas

6. Fastest Roller Coasters in the U.S RankSpeed mph Roller coasterAmusement park Location 1128King da KaSix FlagsNew Jersey 2120Top Thrill DragsterCedar PointOhio 3100SupermanSix flagsCalifornia 493Millennium ForceCedar PointOhio 590IntimidatorKings Dominion Virginia 685GoliathSix FlagsCalifornia 785Phantoms RevengeKenny woodPennsylvania 885TitanSix FlagsTexas 978Son of BeastKings IslandOhio 1074El ToroSixFlagsNew Jersey

7. Roller Coasters in Action King Da KATop Thrill Dragster

8. Roller Coaster are some of the most fun and exciting things in the world. I have been on countless coasters. This summer I went on Mind Eraser, and Batman. When your on roller coasters you have adrenaline running though you and it is so much fun.