Roller Coasters

They love to ride them, now they’ll love to build them! Students explore potential and kinetic energy and apply what they learn to build their own roller coasters made of foam tubing, tinker toys, and marbles.

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Roller Coasters

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materials

• foam tubing

• tinker toys

• marbles

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keywords

Force, motion, physics, arts and crafts, making, engineering

source

The Tech Museum