Physics students: Alberto Alegria, Avery Chilcott, and Justin Davis.

The purpose of the project is to reinforce Newton’s Laws of Motion through roller coaster physics. The objective is to have a marble take the greatest amount of time to get from the top of the first hill to where the coaster ends. The team had to calculate the energy at various points in the track as well as plan, create, and test the design. It also gives students a better understanding of centripetal force and the difference between potential energy and kinetic energy.

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