Roller Coaster!

1. Roller Coaster! By: Sam Bennett, Mitch Reid, Jason Rosko

2. Objective and Constraints • Brainstorming • Research • Explore Possibilities • Select a Design • Prototype, test, refine • Final Product • Summary Agenda

3. Poster board and glue only on foam core board • Seven level changes • One loop • One 180 degree turn • Design and create a rollercoaster Constraints Objective

4. How to start off • Potential energy and kinetic energy • Initial loop • Track types • Guard rail types • 180 turn ideas • Level changes Brainstorming

5. Types of rollercoasters • Bobsled • Suspended roller coasters • Pipeline • Dual-tracked roller coaster Bobsled roller coaster Research Pipeline roller coaster

6. Types of tracks to create with poster board • Manipulate poster board to make turns/curves/loops • Ways to prevent marble from going off track Explore Possibilities

7. Designs

8. Tested out different sections of designs before final product • Material efficiency • Functional • Reliable • Build one section at a time Select a Design

9. Testing one part before building the next • Adding parts and refining while building to solve small issues • Guard rails • Support columns Prototype, Testing, Refining

10. Final Product

11. Objective and Constraints • Brainstorming • Research • Explore possibilities • Select a Design • Prototype, Testing, Refining • Final Product Summary