Critical Thinking Questions

• The more energy a roller coaster has at the beginning of the ride, the more successful the ride. That means it needs to begin with a lot of potential energy.
• What factor do you think affects the amount of potential energy the roller coaster will have? how high the rooler coaster goes.
• What do you think is the safest way to "come down" from the first hill?In a long but good curve
• How do you think the roller coaster should exit from the first hill? In a slow Low curve hill
• What do you think the height of the second hill should be? Any height as long as its not bigger than the first hill
• What shape do you think the loop should be? (Parabola, elliptical, square...etc) It should be parabola because its the safest one.

Roller Coaster Design 2

Roller Coaster Design