I showed this presentation to teach kids about the physics of roller coasters, the importance of starting way up high and having as much potential energy as possible, so that you can generate a high level of kinetic energy to power your car through the twists and turns. We put that learning to use making roller coasters out of pipe insulators, for marbles to coast down and loop the loop!

1. Hands-on Science and
Engineering at Pasadena
Public Library
July 25, 2018

2. Energy cannot be created or
destroyed; it can only be converted
from one form to another.

3. • Potential Energy is the energy possessed by an object by
virtue of its position or condition
• Gravitational Potential Energy is the energy of an
object due to its position in a gravitational field
• Kinetic Energy is the energy possessed by an object by
virtue of its motion
• Mechanical Energy is the total energy in a system, the
total kinetic energy and potential energy stored in an
object
http://physics20project.weebly.com/unit-4-work-and-energy.html

4. https://www.tes.com/lessons/WcR6kZZWsjNk6g/science-behind-rollercoasters

5. https://www.tes.com/lessons/WcR6kZZWsjNk6g/science-behind-rollercoasters

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_jumping_hill
Kicker gives
skier more
height

8. Try to give your design at least one hill, one loop,
and one kicker, and get your marble to land in a
container! We will measure the distance and
height that it travels.