Marble Roller Coaster Project Design

Draw your design on paper.

Marble roller coaster project design.

You ll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape and see how much of an initial drop is required to get the marble to loop the loop. It is not easy to get it right the first time. This homemade roller coaster is definitely one of the most fun science projects but it is also one of the most challenging. You have to experiment with different height and different loop sizes to make a good roller coaster marble run.

But when you get it right it can be exhilarating. Before you start building plan out a design for your roller coaster. Using a piece of corrugated cardboard as a base assemble your track according to your plan. You ll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape and see how much the marble s potential energy at the beginning of the track is converted to kinetic energy at various points along the track.

Abstract if you d like to investigate the physics of amusement park rides then this project is for you.