Roller coasters rely on two types of energy to operate: gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Gravitational potential energy is the energy an object has stored because of its mass and its ...

A camp at Tulsa Community College is letting students test their math and engineering skills by creating a roller coaster, and then putting that roller coaster to the test. "It's a process, like ...

Hands-on learning experiences beyond the classroom can help take their creative and curious minds to the next level. From creating your own iPad sleeve to building a marble roller coaster DIY or “Do ...

Fourth- and fifth-graders from 23 Newport News elementary schools built roller coasters Friday with the help of an expert: Busch Gardens. Teams of students constructed ramps for marbles to travel down ...

Bring the excitement of a theme park into your home by building a marble roller coaster. Bring the excitement of an amusement park into your home by building a marble roller coaster. The motion of ...

Adam Hocherman has been making toys since 2008, but up until now, the products have been designed for young children. When he sold his company's line of Onaroo toys to a Wisconsin firm last year, it ...

Math and science are a scream for the 12 students in the course “Roller Coasters: Theory, Design, and Properties,” at Bates College, in Lewiston, Me. The students study roller-coaster design to learn ...