Student Handout

Roller Coaster Web Site Search
Students filled in a table with the Roller Coaster Web sites they found.
The handout and one student's results are shown below.

The Hunt for Roller Coaster Web sites

Instructions: Search Internet for sites that address the following four aspects of roller coasters: 1) History of RC 2) Design of RC 3) Statistics of RC 4) Force and Motion

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This student found and described seven sites.
Type URL ADDRESS Description/Review
Statistics http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~doconnor/coasters/cedarpnt.html Tells all the stats about several roller coasters and good things about each.
Design and History http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster.html Tells about the history and design of roller coasters.
Statistics http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~doconnor/coasters/rcstats.html Worldwide records roller coaster records.
History http://www.rollercoaster.com/roller_coaster_history/ History of the roller coaster.
History http://www.expage.com/page/coasterhistory A little bit of history on roller coasters.
Force of motion http://141.104.22.210/Anthology/Pav/Science/Physics/book/ Discusses principles involved in roller coasters.
Force and motion http://www.worldsoffun.org/wofcoasters.html Shows different types of loops and turns in roller coasters.