31st Dec '25

Roller Coaster Design

Task

  1. On the game below select 11-14
  2. Read all the instructions
  3. Play the game
  4. Answer the questions below


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Questions

  1. What type of energy does the car have at the top of a peak?

  2. What type of energy does the car have at the bottom of a trough?

  3. What do you need to do to the height of peaks to make sure that roller coaster makes it to the end?

  4. Explain why that is in terms of energy.