Marble Roller Coaster Project

The roller coaster is a great demonstration of the law of conservation of energy.

Marble roller coaster project.

In an isolated system such as the roller coaster the total energy remains constant. This is a fun project that kids will love and can also learn some science. We re doing the roller coasters. Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate.

Marble roller coasters are fun and easy to build. I d like to note that the concept for this project is not my own but the building and teaching techniques are. Gravity also make this work. Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy.

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. Ideal for rapid redesigning and exploring the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy and momentum. This project has a few things that help this work.

The marble roller coaster is an open ended challenge. You ll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape and see how much of an initial drop is required to get the marble to loop the loop. Create the longest track possible without letting the marble fall off. Get the lesson plan and project sheet for this activity step 1.