This week, we are going to help the student to build their own marble roller coaster as well as introduce them to the engineering knowledge behind a well designed marble roller coasters. We are going to explore the topic by 2 parts of activities: 1. Physics concepts. We are going to introduce the student to the idea of energy conversion between kinetic energy and potential energy as well as the concept of momentum and speed. 2. Marble Roller Coaster Construction. In this part, we are going to help the students to actually build the marble roller coaster. Through the process of designing the roller coaster and validating them, the students will have a stronger understanding of the physics behind the roller coaster.
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Akshay
2/1/2017 04:03:58 pm
It was such a fun experiment. Students enjoyed and learnt a lot. I think it motivated at leat some of them towards Engineering.
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