Independent Site Visits 11th Grade:
Coney
Island
Grade
Level: 11th grade physics
Learning
Objective: Students will be able
to experience and demonstrate an understanding of the physics at work on a
roller coaster.
Materials:
Students should have a pen,
paper, handout sheet, and a physics science textbook.
Do
Now: What are some things you
identify with a roller coaster?
Concept
mapping (accept all answers)
Motivation:
Discuss some of the physics
principles that can be used to describe a roller coaster.
Presentation:
The students will work in-groups
of five. They will use their
senses to observe parts of the roller coaster ride. The members will discuss their experiences to answer the
following questions.
Questions:
§
Explain the
Doppler’s effect of a person standing at the bottom of the roller
coasters dip.
§
What is the speed
of the roller coaster from the beginning to the ending of the trip? From the peak of the coaster to its
low?
§
Is there work being
done during a complete ride of the roller coaster?
§
Explain how there
is a flow of energy during the coaster ride.
§
Describe the
different forces that you observe during the trip.
Guided
Practice:
Have
the students reconvene at the school to explain how those physical principles
could be applied to the roller coaster.
Homework: How can things in your neighborhood be used to
demonstrate these same principles?
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