Up and Down Designs: Roller Coaster Rides – Grade Nine

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Up and Down Designs: Roller Coaster Rides – Grade Nine

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Students will discuss and demonstrate the difference between potential and kinetic energy. They will design and build foam-tubing roller coasters to show how mass and height affect the potential energy of an object. The students will apply the technology design process to demonstrate their understanding of kinetic and potential energy concepts.

Education Levels:

Subject:

Physics, Physical Sciences

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Ohio.gov

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Keywords:

Friction, Height, Speed, Velocity, Potential energy, Mass, Roller coasters, Kinetic energy

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Ohio Department of Education

Is Part Of:

http://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ODE/IMS/Lessons/

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Academic Content Standards K-12 Science (2002)

Science and Technology

Abilities To Do Technological Design

3. Explain why a design should be continually assessed and the ideas of the design should be tested, adapted and refined.

Conforms To

Academic Content Standards K-12 Science (2002)

Physical Sciences

Nature of Energy

12. Explain how an object's kinetic energy depends on its mass and its speed (KE=½mv²).

Conforms To

Academic Content Standards K-12 Science (2002)

Physical Sciences

Nature of Energy

13. Demonstrate that near Earth's surface an object's gravitational potential energy depends upon its weight (mg where m is the object's mass and g is the acceleration due to gravity) and height (h) above a reference surface (PE=mgh).

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