How Do You Build A Marble Rollercoaster With 3 Hills For School Project?
Marble roller coaster experiments provide practice with potential energy, kinetic energy and gravity. Building a roller coaster demonstrates the law of conservation of energy, which states that energy is never destroyed but only changes states. This energy is measured in newtons. Students with advanced math skills can determine the potential energy of their marble by multiplying the weight of the marble and the height of the vertical drop the marble takes. Build a roller coaster with three hills using foam pipe insulation and other items from around the home. Cut the foam pipe insulation in half to create a total of 12 feet of foam track. Tape the two sections together with masking tape. Apply the tape along the underside of the track. Determine where the roller coaster will be built. This model is not mobile and must be built in the classroom. The beginning of the roller coaster should be 3.5 feet off the ground. Cut a strip of cardboard four inches wide from the cardboard square. Fol
