Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy.
Marble roller coaster build.
Marble roller coasters are fun and easy to build.
Allow 2 minutes near end of class for students to try each others coasters.
Build your own marble roller coaster in this project and find out.
The lesson plan difficulty.
Identify the two parts.
One of them is one of newton s laws of motion that says that an object in motion will stay in motion and an object in rest will stay in rest.
This is a fun project that kids will love and can also learn some science.
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.
The foam tubing roller.
The roller coaster is a great demonstration of the law of conservation of energy.
You can build your own mini marble roller coaster using simple materials like popsicle sticks aluminum foil and a styrofoam base.
Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate.
This project has a few things that help this work.
In an isolated system such as the roller coaster the total energy remains constant.
The way you design the coaster is up to you so get creative and challenge yourself to make your ride as fun fast and safe as possible.