Thrill Ride! Thrill Ride! Designing a High Speed Roller CoasterDesigning a High Speed Roller Coaster

Bell Ringer Bell Ringer

On an index card, list 3 things you

know about successful roller

coasters.

Hang on!!Hang on!!See what you think about THIS thrill ride!

Engineering Design ProcessEngineering Design Process

Design and construct a Design and construct a roller coaster prototype roller coaster prototype that will allow a marble that will allow a marble

to travel across the to travel across the tracks at a high average tracks at a high average

speed and stay safe.speed and stay safe.

Engineering Design Engineering Design ChallengeChallenge

• What do you think you need to know What do you think you need to know in order to design a thrilling roller in order to design a thrilling roller

coaster ride?coaster ride?

LetLet’’s see how that works…s see how that works…• Let’s see how potential energy changes into

kinetic energy on a roller coaster. Click here.

Create Coaster CarsCreate Coaster Cars

You will be playing a National

Geographic BrainPop game called Coaster

Creator.

YourYour Job Job Your job as an engineering team is to get enough energy into your system to keep your roller coaster from getting stuck and to make it go fast.

But be careful! But be careful! Too much energy in your system can send Too much energy in your system can send your roller coaster flying off the track! your roller coaster flying off the track!

http://http://www.brainpop.com/www.brainpop.com/

games/coastercreatorgames/coastercreator/

If your computer is not open to the Coaster Creator site, type in

Try this at home, too!

Exit Slip

•On an index card, list at least 2 things you

learned about roller coasters today.

Thrill Ride! Day 2

Bell RingerBell Ringer

On an index card, list 2 things you learned from your

research that will be helpful in designing your roller

coaster.

Engineering Design ProcessEngineering Design Process

• The track must: – Have 1 vertical loop.– Have 1 starting hill.– End with a hill.

• The coaster car (marble) must:– Complete the course.– Stay on track.– Land safely in a cup at the end of the track.

• All team members must: – Participate in the design, construction, and

operation of the roller coaster.

CriteriaCriteria

Thrill Ride!Thrill Ride! Day 3 Day 3

Bell Ringer

Look at the graph and roller coaster plan your

team sketched on Day 2. Be ready to share any

changes you might recommend.

Engineering Design ProcessEngineering Design Process

Engineering ObjectiveEngineering Objective

Engineers must:•Communicate the results of technical problem solving.

• The track must: – Have 1 vertical loop.– Have 1 starting hill.– End with a hill.

• The coaster car (marble) must:– Complete the course.– Stay on track.– Land safely in a cup at the end of the run.

• All team members must: – Participate in the design, construction, and

operation of the roller coaster.

CriteriaCriteria

ConstraintsConstraints

• You must use only the materials provided when building your roller coaster. • You may not use human force to start the marble on the track.

InstructionsInstructions

1.Construct and test your roller coaster. If it is not successful, make adjustments and retest.2.Run 3 tests on your successful roller coaster model. 3.Calculate the mean average speed from the 3 tests. 4.Record this information on the Class Coaster Chart.5.Make a sketch of the your roller coaster.