Marble Roller Coaster Build

Then have everyone gently take apart only their own roller coaster and clump all the used tape into a giant tape ball start of class lecture.

Marble roller coaster build.

Gravity also make this work. Arrange plenty of space in your room cleanup. The lesson plan difficulty. 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.

When you raise the marble you are working against the force of gravity giving the marble potential energy. The way you design the coaster is up to you so get creative and challenge yourself to make your ride as fun fast and safe as possible. In an isolated system such as the roller coaster the total energy remains constant. The roller coaster is a great demonstration of the law of conservation of energy.

The foam tubing roller. Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate. Identify the two parts. You can build your own mini marble roller coaster using simple materials like popsicle sticks aluminum foil and a styrofoam base.

This project has a few things that help this work. Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Marble roller coasters are fun and easy to build.