Grade 8 Science
Congratulations to Janessa P., Jaiden D., Blendina M., Owen B. on placing 2nd in the technical merit category at Canada's Wonderland!!
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Grade 8s are designing and experimenting with building a marble roller coaster to enter into the Canada's Wonderland Roller Coaster Competition in May 2014.
Basic Outline of Topics
Grade 8s are designing and experimenting with building a marble roller coaster to enter into the Canada's Wonderland Roller Coaster Competition in May 2014.
Basic Outline of Topics
- Velocity calculations
- Kinetic and Potential Energy within a roller coaster system
- Newton's Law of Conservation of Energy
- Newton's First Law of Motion (Law of Inertia)
- Engineering Design Process
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