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Allow 2 minutes near end of class for students to try each others coasters.
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Background roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate.
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Identify the two parts.
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Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object has stored due to its mass and its height off the ground.
You can find written instructions for the project on the science buddies website.
This will allow you to make a much bigger coaster more quickly since it doesn t involve as much cutting folding and taping.
Build your own marble roller coaster in this project and find out.
Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy.
Work in groups of 2 or 3 utilizing your knowledge of newton s 3 laws of motion to create a paper roller coaster that can carry a marble for the longest period of time without stopping.
The model should be designed for a glass marble.
Arrange plenty of space in your room cleanup.
Rubric paper roller coasters objective.
Then have everyone gently take apart only their own roller coaster and clump all the used tape into a giant tape ball start of class lecture.
Instead of using paper you can make roller coasters from foam pipe insulation available at a hardware store.
Build marble roller coasters from paper in this fun activity.
The lesson plan difficulty.
Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate.