Marble Roller Coaster Build

Allow 2 minutes near end of class for students to try each others coasters.

Marble roller coaster build.

When you raise the marble you are working against the force of gravity giving the marble potential energy. Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate. The roller coaster is a great demonstration of the law of conservation of 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.

This is a fun project that kids will love and can also learn some science. In an isolated system such as the roller coaster the total energy remains constant. Identify the two parts. 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 coasters are fun and easy to build. This project has a few things that help this work. Arrange plenty of space in your room cleanup. 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.

Gravity also make this work. Gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. The foam tubing roller.