Marble Roller Coaster Build

Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy.

Marble roller coaster build.

Arrange plenty of space in your room cleanup. The foam tubing roller. Gravity also make this work. Allow 2 minutes near end of class for students to try each others coasters.

One of them is one of newton s laws of motion that says that an object in motion will stay in motion and an object in rest will stay in rest. The lesson plan difficulty. Identify the two parts. The roller coaster is a great demonstration of the law of conservation of energy.

Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate. The way you design the coaster is up to you so get creative and challenge yourself to make your ride as fun fast and safe as possible. You can build your own mini marble roller coaster using simple materials like popsicle sticks aluminum foil and a styrofoam base. In an isolated system such as the roller coaster the total energy remains constant.

Build your own marble roller coaster in this project and find out. Marble roller coasters are fun and easy to build. Then have everyone gently take apart only their own roller coaster and clump all the used tape into a giant tape ball start of class lecture.