To help kick off our Thanksgiving week celebrations the students created roller coasters/slides from paper plates for a cranberry to travel down. Each group could use up to 8 paper plates and some masking tape. Many groups found that the oblong shape of the fresh cranberry was more challenging to work with to roll down the roller coaster/slide than they anticipated. This challenged the students to think about the shape of the track, how gravity effects motion, slope, and safety features of real life roller coasters and slides. The most valuable part was the post discussion about the challenges faced by people whose career it is to design things like playground equipment and theme park rides.
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