Roller Coaster Designers

Between all of our holiday fun this week, we were still hard at work learning. We capped off our study of Force and Motion with a really fun project. The kids actually built roller coasters out of pipe insulation right in the classroom. This was a fun and brain-stretching challenge as the kids struggled to solve problems. When their marble was going to slowly or not making around the loops, they had to figure out a way to decrease the friction or increase the potential energy. When the marble flew off course, they had to find a way to overcome the inertia. This was a blast!