Thrill Ride! Designing a High Speed Roller Coaster.
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Thrill Ride! Thrill Ride! Designing a High Speed Roller CoasterDesigning a High Speed Roller Coaster
Bell Ringer Bell Ringer
On an index card, list 3 things you
know about successful roller
coasters.
Hang on!!Hang on!!See what you think about THIS thrill ride!
Engineering Design ProcessEngineering Design Process
Design and construct a Design and construct a roller coaster prototype roller coaster prototype that will allow a marble that will allow a marble
to travel across the to travel across the tracks at a high average tracks at a high average
speed and stay safe.speed and stay safe.
Engineering Design Engineering Design ChallengeChallenge
• What do you think you need to know What do you think you need to know in order to design a thrilling roller in order to design a thrilling roller
coaster ride?coaster ride?
LetLet’’s see how that works…s see how that works…• Let’s see how potential energy changes into
kinetic energy on a roller coaster. Click here.
Create Coaster CarsCreate Coaster Cars
You will be playing a National
Geographic BrainPop game called Coaster
Creator.
YourYour Job Job Your job as an engineering team is to get enough energy into your system to keep your roller coaster from getting stuck and to make it go fast.
But be careful! But be careful! Too much energy in your system can send Too much energy in your system can send your roller coaster flying off the track! your roller coaster flying off the track!
http://http://www.brainpop.com/www.brainpop.com/
games/coastercreatorgames/coastercreator/
If your computer is not open to the Coaster Creator site, type in
Try this at home, too!
Exit Slip
•On an index card, list at least 2 things you
learned about roller coasters today.
Thrill Ride! Day 2
Bell RingerBell Ringer
On an index card, list 2 things you learned from your
research that will be helpful in designing your roller
coaster.
Engineering Design ProcessEngineering Design Process
• The track must: – Have 1 vertical loop.– Have 1 starting hill.– End with a hill.
• The coaster car (marble) must:– Complete the course.– Stay on track.– Land safely in a cup at the end of the track.
• All team members must: – Participate in the design, construction, and
operation of the roller coaster.
CriteriaCriteria
Thrill Ride!Thrill Ride! Day 3 Day 3
Bell Ringer
Look at the graph and roller coaster plan your
team sketched on Day 2. Be ready to share any
changes you might recommend.
Engineering Design ProcessEngineering Design Process
Engineering ObjectiveEngineering Objective
Engineers must:•Communicate the results of technical problem solving.
• The track must: – Have 1 vertical loop.– Have 1 starting hill.– End with a hill.
• The coaster car (marble) must:– Complete the course.– Stay on track.– Land safely in a cup at the end of the run.
• All team members must: – Participate in the design, construction, and
operation of the roller coaster.
CriteriaCriteria
ConstraintsConstraints
• You must use only the materials provided when building your roller coaster. • You may not use human force to start the marble on the track.
InstructionsInstructions
1.Construct and test your roller coaster. If it is not successful, make adjustments and retest.2.Run 3 tests on your successful roller coaster model. 3.Calculate the mean average speed from the 3 tests. 4.Record this information on the Class Coaster Chart.5.Make a sketch of the your roller coaster.