Playland

The Playland field trip is designed to help students understand the dynamics of accelerated motion.

The Hellevator is an example of linear acceleration in one dimension.

The main hill of the wooden Coaster is an example of linear acceleration in two dimensions.

Most of the rides are examples of centripetal acceleration (accelerating towards the center of a circle.

Examples: Beast, Pirate Ship, Swings, Atmosfear, Revelation.

Below are the pdf versions of the team instructions, Free-Body-Diagram sheets, and the marking rubric for the May 2016 trip.