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Links to Roller Coaster Related Web Sites

Amusement Park Physics
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics

At this Annenberg/CPB Project site, you'll have a chance to design your own roller coaster. Plan it carefully--it has to pass a safety inspection. You can also exAtperiment with bumper car collisions.

 

Funderstanding Roller Coaster
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/cgi-bin/splitwindow.cgi?top=http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/top2.html&link=http://www.Funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/
At this site, you will design and test a virtual thrill ride.

 

Thrills and Chills Without the Spills--Rollercoaster Physics for Middle School http://www.angelfire.com/on2/thrillsandchills
At this site create your dream roller coaster ride and test it in a virtual amusement park. Explore physics and math through a roller coaster design competition by building a working scale model. Compete on-line with other middle-school students. Also included is a scavenger hunt covering many different facts about roller coasters. The project will run from December 20 - April 17, 2000.

 

Physics Games
http://library.advanced.org/2745/data/openpark.htm

Amusement Park related physics.

 

Roller Coaster Animation
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/qt/energy/coastmac.html

A QuickTime Movie that lets you see how the energy of a roller coaster car transforms from potential to kinetic.

 

Joyrides
http://www.joyrides.com/index.htm

This is a photo gallery celebrating the joy and beauty of amusement park rides, especially roller coasters!

 

THE SIR ISAAC NEWTON HOME PAGE
http://www.rit.edu/~flwstv/newton.html

This page contains information about Sir Isaac Newton.

 

Ask an Expert
http://www.askanexpert.com

If you are asking questions that your teacher is unable, or unwilling to answer, here is the site for you! Ask an Expert allows you to ask questions directly to the kinds of people who are best equipped to answer.

 

A long list of coaster sites, including images, layouts, stories.
http://users.sgi.net/~rollocst/a_rc.html