Roller Coaster Foam Pipe Insulation

You can build a roller coaster from the foam tubes that are often used for pipe insulation.

Roller coaster foam pipe insulation.

In groups of three students were given 24 feet of pipe insulation 4 pieces a roll of duct tape2 and access to a large pile of cardboard boxes3. All groups had to adhere to a few standard requirements. Your group will design and build roller coasters for marbles out of foam pipe insulation. And thus the pipe insulation roller coaster project was born.

There will be extra points for loops and hills. 1 any random materials that you can find around your house pipe insulation cardboard foam sheets etc 2 masking tape 3 stopwatch or sketch some ideas for how you might want your roller coaster to look. You ll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape and see how much of an initial drop is required to get the marble to loop the loop it s a great way to learn about how stored energy potential energy is converted into the energy of motion kinetic energy. Let s see how we can challenge young and old alike.

Cut the foam tubing in half and you have a track for a marble to roll down. A list of physical principles related to roller coaster science is included in the preparation section. All you need to carry out the activity is the short list of supplies below. Roller coaster design unit where students tracked and explained changes in potential and kinetic energy as a marble rolled down a group designed ramp.

Foam tubes available at most hardware stores masking tape. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. So i wanted to know how much pipe insulation should i give to each team and what materials should be given to give support to the rollercoaster. Time retrieve here.

Once you have completed your roller coaster answer the questions below. There will be different teams and each team will have to make a roller coaster the team whose marble takes the most time to reach the ground would win.