Marble Roller Coaster Project

Abstract this is a really fun project even if you don t like going on roller coasters yourself.

Marble roller coaster project.

We re doing the roller coasters. I d like to note that the concept for this project is not my own but the building and teaching techniques are. This is a fun project that kids will love and can also learn some science. This project reaches a wide span of grade ranges from k 12.

Create the longest track possible without letting the marble fall off. Marble roller coasters are fun and easy to build. Gravity also make this work. 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.

The marble roller coaster is an open ended challenge. Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate. This project has a few things that help this work. Build your own marble roller coaster in this project and find out.

When you raise the marble you are working against the force of gravity giving the marble potential energy. Get the lesson plan and project sheet for this activity step 1. 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 roller coaster is a great demonstration of the law of conservation of energy.