Marble Roller Coaster
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Marble Roller Coaster

Procedure

  • Brainstorm
  • Design
  • Build
  • Test
  • Present

Project

  • Work as a team to design, build and test a marble-roller coaster
  • Keeps marble in motion for at least 4 seconds

Materials

  • 20 file folders,
  • a roll of tape,
  • scissors. 

Purpose

  • Motion, Force & Energy
  • Engineering design, construction & analysis
  • Teamwork, creativity, problem solving

Slope, speed, PE=W*h, KE=1/2mv^2, F=ma, V=d(dist)/dT, A=d(V)/dT=F/m

Notes

  • You can cut, fold, or tear your materials
  • Coaster must be in a 3ft x 3ft box space on the wall.
  • Only attached to wall

Designed by: Dr. Ronald Bell, MOVES/Master Builder

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