Week 8: Making a Roller Coaster

Week: 8

Topic:  Design and Build a Roller Coaster

Objectives: 

The objective for the students is to design and construct a roller coaster that uses kinetic and potential energy to move an object along the entire track without stopping.

Essential Question:

What is energy and how can it be transformed?  

Key Terms:

energy transformation

law of conservation of energy

matter

friction

This week the kids will plan, build, and analyze a roller coaster no wider than 2 meters, include 3 hills, and a curve or twist.   

Differentiated Instruction:

creating plans

making modifications

data collection

data interpretation

video and oral presentation

Upcoming:

***Project Night***

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