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The Team
Stephanie Miller
Tia Patron
Kelli Byrne
Amanda Noa
Objective
• Build roller coaster that transports
a ball from start to end in 15
seconds
• Entire project must fit in 0.5 m by
0.5 m by 0.5 m box when "folded
up” and must be assembled in 30
seconds
Overview
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The roller coaster
starts by going through
a peg board and then it
using gravity to pull the
bead through clear
piping around
plumbing pipes
Half way through the
bead comes across a
maze and then
proceeds through
another set of clear
piping
Costs
•Clear Piping – $10
•Orange Piping – $6
•Glitter – $5
•Clay – $3
•Free – Tin, Peg Board,
Pegs
•Est. Cost – $25
Stored Energy
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Peg Board
– Potential gravitational energy to kinetic energy
First Tube
– Potential gravitational energy with Kinetic energy to
Kinetic energy
Maze
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Potential gravitational energy with kinetic energy to kinetic energy
Second Tube
-- Potential gravitational energy with Kinetic energy to rest
mghinitial + ½ mv2initial= mghfinal + ½ mv2final
Neglecting friction
Conclusion
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Time spent: approximately 5 hours construction, 2 hours
shopping
Problems:
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Getting the clear piping to stick to the orange piping
Construction and cooking issues with the clay spontaneously combusting
Obstinacy of clay being willing to form into shapes we wanted
Trying to meet the 15 second mark