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The Roller Coaster Physics Set is designed to help students as they learn how to design and conduct scientific investigations, identify variables of the problem and select appropriate independent and dependent variables for investigations.

The Teacher's Guide offers ideas, in the form of nine lab exercises, that outline ways in which students may use the set to study concepts ... more


Key Concepts
  • Measurement in 3-D (Trigonometry)
  • Uniform Acceleration
  • Elastic Collision in 2-Dimensions
  • Projectile Motion
  • 4Centripetal Force and Acceleration
  • Centripetal Force in a Vertical Direction
  • Weightiness and Weightlessness
  • Physics of the Clothoid
  • ... more