PhET Simulation: Roller Coasters

Alright! Today I hope that everyone can build upon the excitement in class on Tuesday to work out more ideas about your roller coaster. Here is the general flow of the class:

1. Brief project manager meeting. (Note: If you are not a project manager, your job is to observe the meeting and think about the discussion. If you have any follow-up questions or there are items you do not understand, you will have time after the meeting to ask them.)

Topics of PM Meeting:

• Inverted

• Design Items
• Is your group using the maximum amount of track? (Where is your start point / end point?)
• Can you tell me exactly where is the 130 cm point of your track?
• How far on the roller coaster ride will a person first be inverted?
• What's the fun factor of your roller coaster? Would you want to ride it?
• English language - Are you doing your best to keep the conversation in English?
• Daily Completion / Reflection
• Questions

2. Overview of Today's Simulation

3. Team Meeting - goal setting and design conversation


Handouts for today's class. 

Due Today:

• Design - What do you think? (1 per group)
• Simulation hand-out (each person)
• Personal Reflection (each person)

Due Monday

• Concept Review (each person) - Note: If you do not understand or cannot fully answer an item, you must write the questions you have in order to receive credit.

4. Go to Satellite Lab to Run simulation. Click here if the image link does not work.

Click to Run

By the end of class, each person should turn in his/her reflection sheet and the group needs to turn in the initial design sheet.

For next class, each person should turn in the "Concept Review" sheet.