Thrills and Chills Without the Spills
Roller Coaster Physics for Middle School Students
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Take the Challenge:  Design and build a roller coaster that creates thrills and chills without the spills!
 PROJECT DATA 

There are two data collection sheets for the roller coaster project.  Click the one hill roller coaster for the first part of the project and the competition roller coaster for the second part.  You can print a hard copy of each data collection sheet and fill in the information.  When your data has been collected, please submit your data results on the listserv.

Part I:  Scavenger Hunt
             Click here to enter fun facts you discovered 
             onto the listserv.
         (Will be available December 20, 1999 to January 28, 2000.)

Part II: Data Collection - one hill roller coaster page
         (Postings begin from February 1 to February 16, 2000.)

Part III:  Data Collection - competition roller coaster page
         (Postings begin from March 14 to April 3, 2000.)

How To View Your Unchecked Data
You can view this database of results at any time in two ways.  Your results, when posted to the Listserv, will be available to all participants through their email.  The Project Leaders will periodically update and post a database containing all participants' data to the Student Area.  Project leaders and other participants can then contact those groups whose data appears to be in question through the Listserv.