Another activity sorta thing (I don’t know what to call it) we did in Maker was building a roller coaster!
Not a real one of course (though that would’ve been fun).
First thing we did was get into groups, I was with Jupiter and Owen. We then watched a video explaining that we were hired by ‘Scream-o-Rama’ to design a brand new roller coaster.
We learned a bit about kinetic and potential energy using a Phet simulator. We learned what materials we could use, toilet paper rolls, tape, a marble, toothpicks, and scissors
Another thing about the coaster we made is that it had to be under budget, each material cost a certain amount, and we had a budget of $1 million.
The next day I was sick, so I didn’t do anything, but Owen and Jupiter planned out what materials we could use, and came up with a plan for the coaster.
The next day we got our materials and started building. Originally we planned to have a loop, but we couldn’t get that to work, so we just built a turn.
Here’s a video-
Overall, I’m proud of what we did, I think the coaster turned out well, but there wasn’t much to it. If we were to do this again, I think I’d want to add more. We stayed under budget though, which was good!
Thanks for reading, have a good day!