Resource Blog #4

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https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/duk_rollercoaster_music_act

For this week, I decided to do research on possible IPM activities that students could engage with and learn from. The activity I found is about creating roller coasters using pipe insulation and marbles. When I was in 8th grade physical science, my class did a similar project where we created our own roller coasters in groups. Creating roller coasters would be a great idea for a physical science class because the activity deals directly with key vocabulary, such as potential and kinetic energy, gravity, friction, and acceleration. Also, creating roller coasters would be a real life application to several challenges that engineers might face when constructing roller coasters. To further enhance the project to reach more content areas, it might be beneficial for students to construct several roller coasters in a created amusement park, and pick out a location and budget the cost for admission on a computer.

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