Objectives
- Students will learn about the science of rollercoasters including potential and kinetic energy.
- Students will design and construct a rollercoaster for a marble that includes a loop.
- Students will determine the height the marble needs to start at along with the slope of the track to complete the loop.
- Using what they have learned, students will calculate the potential energy of the marble at the start of the rollercoaster. Using this they will calculate the velocity of the marble before it enters the loop.