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Design your own roller coaster

Grades 1 - 6 Science

Students design a conceptual roller coaster using the physics concepts that are used to design real coasters. Created by the Annenberg Learner.

Scope and Sequence connection: 8:2 Forces and Motion on Earth.

 
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