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Six Flags Roller Coaster Design Project Motion and Energy How Roller Coasters Work Go to this site first. It has LOTS of excellent information and animations!! Make sure you read through all the different pages. Roller Coaster Physics Scientific principles behind roller coasters Amusement Parks and Roller Coasters This site has a good explanation of energy transformation on a roller coaster. Amusement Park Physics How does a roller coaster work? Energy Transformations This page does an EXCELLENT job showing the transformation between KE and GPE on a roller coaster. You will be creating "Energy Bar Charts" just like this for your design! Engineering Design Roller Coaster Elements Wikipedia site which explains the many possible design elements More Coaster Elements Machines! Roller Coaster video Explains how a roller coaster stays on its track How does that work? Detailed information on safety features and the lifting chain of roller coasters Materials give roller coaster enthusiasts a reason to scream http://www.jeremyreid.com/ Website for a man who designed and built his own roller coaster...in his backyard! We should all be so lucky. Pedal-powered roller coaster in Japan Launch Roller Coasters Launch roller coaster mechanisms Discusses the different techniques used to launch a catapult from the beginning at very fast speeds. Sneak preview of Cheetah Hunt roller coaster at Busch Gardens This video shows the brand new coaster in FL. Not only does it have a great theme and design elements, but it "launches" the car at three different points. All you ever wanted to know about Kingda Ka (pdf) This document is very informative. Rock 'n Roller Coaster website Roller Coaster Simulations Phet Energy Skate Park Coaster Creator You will need to register for free in order to use the simulation. It's worth it though! http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/activities/simulations/gr4/unitf.html Amusement Park Physics: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/ Funderstanding Site: http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/ Discovery Site: http://dsc.discovery.com/games/coasters/interactive.html
	Project Information Six Flags proposal handout (pdf) Roller coaster project organizer (doc) Roller coaster design exemplars White City Wikipedia page More Information on the White City amusement park I also have a really cool book in class with lots of information and pictures from the old amusement park. Statistics and Theme Parks http://www.rcdb.com/ Statistics on 600 different roller coasters around the world http://ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/records/ All about roller coaster records Six Flags Theme Parks Busch Gardens Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Cedar Point Convert Your Units!! Unit Analysis Converter Use this site to easily convert units such as "feet to meters" and "mi/hr to m/s". This will be helpful trying to come up with statistics for your original design.