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Roller coaster thrills STEM from engineering smarts! This guide will lead students through hands-on activities to use gravity, g-force, potential and kinetic energies, and more concepts to create fun and fast model roller coasters.
Student materials are reproducible for distribution in your classroom. Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement, or combine it with other Pitsco guides to develop an engineering curriculum.
Equipment and materials needed to complete guide activities include the Pitsco Roller Coaster Track and Track stands, digital scale, stopwatch, tape measure, meterstick, computer with Internet access, and standard classroom tools and materials. Note: This list is for all activities; individual activities don’t require all listed materials.