STEM Activity Roller Coasters Challenge
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Do you love an easy prep challenge? I do and I love watching students explore using this Roller Coaster activity. Students have a few materials and must design and construct a roller coaster model. It is truly exciting to watch them work and test their roller coasters. It’s a test of patience with constant revisions.
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NOTE: This experience will take 2-3 class sessions to complete. Also, please note that this package is designed for elementary school-age students. The complex physics and geometry of upper-level science are not part of this package.
What is the challenge?
Students will experiment with hills and loops and use their results to design a roller coaster with foam tubes. The design criteria will be your decision and students will be completely engaged with this exciting event.
What is your prep?
You will need materials along with this package, including foam tubes, marbles, and masking tape. Foam tubes are called insulation tubes and can be purchased in a building materials store. The tubes will last for years! The resource includes detailed directions for cutting and preparing the materials. You will also need to copy the student lab sheets.
The resource specifically includes:
- Cover
- Teacher background
- Table of contents
- Materials and preparation page
- Step-by-step foam tube directions
- Roller coaster basic information page
- Day 1 pages which include teacher directions, helpful hints, lab sheets, and photos
- Day 2 pages which include teacher directions, helpful hints, lab sheets, and photos
- Day 3 pages which include teacher directions, helpful hints, and photos
- Constraints posters
- Scoring Rubric
- Lab Sheets in two versions
- Forms are editable
- Terms of use page
This challenge is from my STEM Bundle for the Entire Year collection. It's an amazing activity! The designing, building, and rebuilding will amaze you as your students work together to make the ultimate roller coaster! It’s sure to be a class favorite!
This challenge works perfectly with two more challenges from a Summer Fun Series:
Or save money and grab the Amusement Park Bundle!
I also have a nonfiction reading set that will work perfectly with this challenge:
What are teachers saying?
- "I highly recommend this product. I have found this resource is versatile for my classroom and for all types of learners or teachers."
- "This is so well organized and scaffolded. My STEM Club was able to conduct their experiments within our 60 minutes, and then clean up so start the next experiment the following week. The teacher's pictures were very helpful for me. Thank you!"
- "One of my favorite TPT purchases!! Perfectly scaffolded, and this was so much fun (and they learned a lot!). Thanks:)"
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- Exploring Volume with Popcorn
- Using Perimeter and Area
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- Catapults
- Building Boats
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