Roller Coasters
My first cereal box roller coaster
Track 1 Test Run
Track 2 Test Run
Roller Coaster Plan
Watch some cool videos about roller coasters and answer questions about them in our Google Classroom.
Gather supplies for your first offline challenge:
Cereal Box
Scissors
LOTS of tape
Roller Coaster Templates
Markers
Find the Roller Coaster templates in your supplies.
Watch the short videos for each part on our Google Classroom for you to watch.
Start building! Build a basic ramp using the straight tracks. Test it!
Add more to your design. Test it again!
Keep building and testing and designing! Check out the gallery at https://www.paperrollercoasters.com/ for some great ideas! Here is a video of a really great coaster design!
Embellish, decorating track with markers, adding signs, flags, "customers" waiting in line to "ride"....get creative!
Send pictures or videos of your roller coaster in progress and ask your parents to share it with me.
A great example from UNIVERSAL STUDIOS EDUCTION about the design process....design, build, test, redesign, retest, etc. until you have success! LINK
Base and Columns
Beams
Diagonal Supports
Straight Track
Building the Shelf
Building the Loop
Building the Funnel
Building Turns
Here is a cool little track with some loops and turns.
This one is amazing!
Get inspired by this cool Theme Park design!
Can I grow up to be a Theme Park Engineer????
Being Part of a Story
Theme park design is more than engineering....it's also art and story telling!
Meet a Roller Coaster Engineer
Watch Potential Energy be converted into Kinetic Energy with this model
Themes for your Park!