Friday, January 18, 2013

Energy Roller Coasters!!

We just finished our Energy Performance Tasks.  Students worked hard to create working roller coasters out of simple materials such as foam pipe insulation, cups, and paper towel rolls, to show off knowledge of the energy concepts we learned this unit.  

I am proud of the work that students accomplished as they persevered through working in a science team, creating outstanding and working roller coasters, and even put together an enjoyable presentation.  

Most of the roller coasters were safe, leaving the marble to come to a slow stop and did not fall off the track.  Students were creative and demonstrated quality work.  I can't wait to see some of my students follow their dreams of becoming successful engineers one day!


Want to try this project again at home?  Here is a resource to get you started 

Roller Coasters

Extra Credit: How was energy conserved on a roller coaster?

1 comment:

  1. Energy is conserved in a roller coaster when the roller coaster is going down the tracks they turn the power on the tracks down to conserve energy because the roller coaster is already going fast enough.
    -Brenda (Magnetism)

    ReplyDelete