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1.
First, you need to visit some sites to research and collect
information to support your ideas for your
"Tiger
Roaring Roller Coaster".
2. A hand-out will be provided to guide your research.
Write
your notes on the hand-out. Use the following
websites to answer the questions.
3. Investigate the following websites
and then your team will
design a model of a roller coaster.:
Amusement Park Physics- What are the forces behind
the fun-
This site to presents information about
the physics of rides at amusement
parks, Roller coasters are the focus along with few other rides.. Click on the roller coaster, then scroll down and click on design a
roller coaster to find out how physical laws affect ride design.
Roller Coaster Physics
This site provides a graphic of a roller coaster with labels that identify
the types of forces that affect the coaster as it follows the track. Click
on any label to learn more about that force.
Kinetic and Potential Energy
This site provides information about kinetic and potential energy,
and the other
kinds of energy which are involved with roller coasters. Click on loops and turns to
see which laws of motion (Newton's Laws) are involved in the design features
of a roller coaster.
Funderstanding Roller Coaster
This site provides an opportunity to design a roller coaster. You
can manipulate the height of the hills, sizes of the loops, speed of the
coaster, and mass of the coaster on an interactive screen. It takes
several minutes to load this site.
Roller Coaster
This site gives you the background physics needed to design a model
roller coaster. Scroll down to find an experiment in which you can design
and build a model roller coaster.
Coaster
Quest: How does that work?
This site answers many more questions about roller coasters.
Roller
Coaster Safety
This site provides an explanation on
how and why rider safety is monitored on roller coasters.
National Amusement Park Historical Association-
Industry
History
This site to provides the history of amusement parks,
and amusement park rides. Examples of information are 1) details of the oldest
amusement parks 2)
record-breaking roller coasters
3) classic rides.
Roller Coasters' Data
Use the sites below to compare the lengths,
heights, speed, # of hills, and # of loops of each of the following roller
coasters.
Building
a Roller Coaster Model
This site gives ideas on types of
building materials for the model.
Six
Flags America Roller Coaster Building Contest 2004
Look for ideas for construction
materials for building a roller coaster. The first paragraph also
describes how a roller coaster works in scientific terms.
GC
Brewer Coasterworks
This site answers questions about
how to build a roller coaster model.
Thrills,
Chills, and Spills/The
Model Roller Coaster Physics Project
This site provides
ideas and pictures of roller coaster model building.
Making
a roller coaster model lesson
Look for construction supply ideas for building a roller
coaster model.
Another
roller coaster model lesson
Scroll down to the bottom of page
one to see a list of materials that could be used to build a roller
coaster model.
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4. Assign "jobs" for each person in the class.
Choose from the
following list. Each class is a team and each
team member will
be evaluated on his or her performance during this
project.
There may be more than one person chosen for each
"job".
 Foreman
This person keeps track of all activities for the
project. All of the
other team members report to him or her. May need to
assign addition
responsibilities to team members. The person reports to the
CEO
(teacher) of the project.
Secretary
This person
keeps a journal of the teams activities. A daily report will
be turned in to the CEO every day.
Construction
worker
This person builds the roller coaster. He or she
reports to the
supervisors.
Supply
clerk
This person keeps track of the inventory of the supplies.
He or she
reports to the Foreman.
Supervisor
This person reports to Foreman, and is actively working
with the
construction workers in building the roller coaster. He
or she gives
advise on building techniques.
Accountant
This person keeps track of the money spent
for supplies and will
provide a report to the CEO at the end of the
project.
Architect
This person provides the final designs for the
team's roller
coaster. The colorful design must be presented using
any medium and
have all of forces and energy which are involved with
the
roller coaster must be labeled..
Safety Director
This person uses research of the safety issues of
roller coasters to
determine the safety issues of his team's roller
coaster. A report will be
given during the presentation. Adaptations for
safety must be
explained.
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5. The team will
choose a design of a model
roller coaster
from the proposed ideas of each team member.
6. Team members will
assume the job roles
and bring in
supplies to build their model roller coaster. A
limited supply
of items may be supplied by the teacher.
7. The team will
build the model roller
coaster in class.
There will be deadline.
The roller coaster must have at least 2
hills and a turn.
The vehicle's acceleration must decrease as it
comes to a stop.
The
team will test their model roller coaster and make
adjustments.
The secretary will record the adjustments and
observations.
8. The team will
present
their roller coaster model to
the CEO.
The
Foreman(s) will
explain how the roller coaster works.
The
Architect(s) will
explain the how the roller coaster
was built and why the
particular materials were used.
The Safety Director(s) will report on the safety issues
and how the
roller coaster was adapted to address these
issues.
The Accoutant(s) will report on the expenses of the
project and
provide ideas for saving money for future
roller
coaster projects.
Presentations may involve any of the following:
Each team will have three attempts for their model to
work successfully.
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