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Using energy and momentum to analyze the thrills inherent in the rides in amusement parks; physics in everyday life.
Middle School High School
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Great PDF resource manual to download for physics background as well as for design ideas for amusement park physics
This activity from Annenberg Learner Interactives helps students understand how physics laws affect the design of roller coasters, bumper cars, carousels, free fall rides, and pendulum rides. A highlight of the site is the opportunity to design a roller coaster and experiment with bumper car collisions.
The Roller Coaster DataBase The Roller Coaster DataBase is a great reference with data about many coasters. They also offer a links, that contains information about roller coaster history and publications, and much more and Other valuable Web resource sites
Amusement Park Physics insights from Clarence, a veteran at organizing and designing amusement park inquiry
Inquiry and writeups for students and teachers from Six Flags Amusement Parks
PDF download of interest and available from Clarence