Design a Roller Coaster. Try your hand at designing your own roller coaster. You will be building a conceptual coaster using the physics concepts that are used to design real coasters. You …

The world’s oldest roller coaster dates back to 1912 and still stands today in Luna Park, Melbourne. With some simple materials and a hot glue gun, kids will engineer a roller coaster …

How does a roller coaster work? What you may not realize as you're cruising down the track at 60 miles an hour is that the coaster has no engine. The car is pulled to the top of the first hill at …

A new era for roller coaster design In 1955, the nation's first theme park opened: Disneyland. Not only did Disneyland usher in a new era for amusement parks, it also helped bring about some …

An electric motor will pull the coaster to the top of the first hill. After the coaster has been pulled to the top, no more external energy will be added to it. How high is your first hill? Choose one of …

Some amusement park rides (such as roller coasters) are characterized by rapid changes in speed and or direction. These rides have large accelerations. Rides such as the carousel …

Are you really in danger when you are taking those hairpin turns and death-defying loops on a roller coaster? Discover how amusement park rides use the laws of physics to simulate …

It does take time to build structures in the classroom that support emotionally safe environments. It starts whenever you receive a new group of students and requires talking with them, building …