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Title: Teaching About Energy: Designing a Roller Coaster
Url: https://www.compadre.org/repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=3375&Doc...
Creator: Roeder, John
Publisher: ComPADRE
Description: This student activity is designed to explore the concept of work. Using inclined planes with different slopes, students are lead to discover the invariance of force times distance for objects starting at the same height. Included are notes for instructors wishing to use this material. This activity is part of a PTRA manual on Energy.
LC Classification: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation -- Recreation. Leisure -- Recreation. Leisure -- Amusement parks, amusement park resorts, etc. -- Amusement devices -- Individual devices, A-Z -- Roller coasters
Science -- Physics -- Force and energy (General)
Science -- Physics -- Study and teaching. Research
GEM Subject: Science -- Physics
Science -- Instructional issues
Science -- Physical sciences
Key Concept: Physics -- Force
Physics -- Work
Physics -- Energy
Date Issued: 2006-01-17
Resource Type: Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Experiment/Lab Activity
Format: Document -- PDF
Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Language: English
Rights: ComPADRE
Access Rights: Free access
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