JenniferOrtega

BACSRollerCoasterEngineers
BlackstoneAcademyCharterSchool
334PleasantSt.
Pawtucket,RI02860

SixFlagsTinyTown
123CoasterCt.
TinyTown,USA

ToWhomItMayConcern:

MyengineeringgroupandIchosetheinstantaneousspeedtobuildourroller
coasterforourdesign.MygroupandIareusingcups,twomarbles,andafoamto
makesureourdesignissafeandentertaining.Wehavestackedsomecupstomake
thestartingpointatahighheight.Havingthestartingpointatahighheightwillhavethe
velocityofthemarblegofaster,andtherewouldbeenoughpotentialenergyoncethe
marblegoesdowntherewillbekineticenergy.Whenthekineticenergyincreasesthe
velocityincreasesaswell.Inourdesignwehavealsoincludedloopstomakeit
entertaining.Inordertohavethemarblegointoacompleteloop,wewouldneedahigh
heightbutcannotbetoosteep.
Sincerely,
JenniferOrtega

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Introduction
Letter

Yourintroduction
introducesandfully
justifiesyourapproach
totheengineering
designchallengeyou
chose.Youintroduce

Yourintroduction
justifiesyourapproach
totheengineering
challengeyouchose
butitmaynotbefully
explained.You

Yourintroduction
attemptstojustifyyour
approachbutcontains
misconceptions.You
introducerollercoaster
specificationsbutmaybe
missingoneortwo.

Yourintroductionlacks
significantdetail,and/or
containssubstantial
errorsor
misunderstandings.

generalspecificationsfor
yourrollercoaster.

introducerollercoaster
specifications

RollerCoasterSpecifications

ProvidetheFollowingInformation:
RollerCoastersTopSpeed(Calculated):Point#2
RollerCoastersTopSpeed(Experimental):Point#2
RollerCoastersGreatestDrop:Point#1
NumberofLoops:2Loops
AverageVelocity:0.37m/s

Insertthegraphyouusedtodeterminetopspeedexperimentally.Explainhowyoumadethat
graphandhowyoudeterminedtopspeedbylookingatthatgraph.

MygroupandIhaverecordedourrollercoasterasthemarblewasgoingdownto
determinewhatthevelocitythemarblewasgoing.AswerecordedontheIpad,wewentonthe
VideoPhysics
apptorecordandplotsomepointsasthemarblewasmoving.Whenmy
groupmatesandIhavefinishedplottingthepoints,wecheckedtoseethepositionvs.timegraph
andvelocityvs.timegraph.Whenwelookedatthevelocityvs.timegraphwesawthatinthe
beginningofthegraphwasgoinginaconstantspeedforawhile.Thenthespeedofthemarble
decreases,thatiswhenthemarbleisgoingdownthefirsthill.

Whywasthereadifferencebetweenthetopspeedyoucalculatedandthetopspeedyou
determinedexperimentally?
TherewasadifferencebetweenthetopspeedIcalculatedandthetopspeedIdetermined
experimentallybecausewhenmygroupandItriedtohavethemarbleseeifitwouldgettheend
ofthegate.Whenwedroppedthemarble,wecouldseethatthesecondpointhadthetopspeed

becauseofhowthemarblewasgoingdownfasterthantheloopsandthelittlehillwehad
towardstheend.WhenIdidthecalculationstoseeifthesecondpointdoeshavethehighest
speed,mygroupsexperimentalwascorrect.Thespeedofthesecondspeedwas4.3287m/s.

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RollerCoaster
Specifications

Allspecificationsare
present,andworkis
errorfree.You
determinedthe
experimentalvalueof
thetopspeed(usingthe
ipad)andexplainedhow
youdidsoandwhatthe
graphmeans.

Allspecificationsare
present,thoughthere
maybeminorerrors.
Topspeediscopied
fromcalculationslater
inreportorisnot
explained.

Youmaybemissingone
specificationorhave
multipleerrors.

Multiplespecifications
aremissing.

RollerCoasterDesign
Insertpictureandlabel4points:
GreatestHeight
GreatestSpeed
TopofLoop
Anotherpointthatisrelativelyflatandcouldholdanothermarbleforacollision

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RollerCoaster
Plan/Drawing

Drawingisclear,with4
pointslabeledcorrectly.

Drawingisclear,with3
pointslabeledcorrectly.

Drawingisclear,with2
pointslabeledcorrectly.

Drawingismissing,
unclear,orunlabeled.

DetailedRollerCoasterAnalysis:

Point1:
GreatestHeight

Point2:
GreatestSpeed

Point3:
TopofaLoop

Point4:Flat
Pointfor
Collision

Height

0.956m

0m

.18m

0m

PE=0J

PE=(0.0045kg) PE=0J
(9.8
m/s^2)(0.18m)
PE=0.007938J

PotentialEnergy PE=(0.0045
kg)(9.8
m/s^2)(0.956
m)
PE=0.0421596
J

KineticEnergy

KE=0J

KE=0.0421596
J

Mechanical
Energy

ME=0.0421596 ME=0.0421596
J

ME=0.0421596J ME=
0.0421596J

Velocity

V=0m/s

V=4.3287m/s

V=3.89m/s

V=0.073m/s

Momentum

p=(0.0045
kg)(0m/s)
p=0kgm/s

p=(0.0045
kg)(4.3287m/s)
p=0.020kgm/s

p=(0.0045
kg)(3.89m/s)
p=0.017505kg
m/s

p=
(0.0045kg)(0.07
3m/s)
p=0.0003285kg
m/s

Velocityof
2gramAtRest
MarbleAfter
Collision

p=(0.002kg)v
p=o.oo2kgm/s

KE=0.0342216J KE=
0.00001199J

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DetailedRoller
CoasterAnalysis
(x2)

Yourdetailedanalysisis
fullycomplete,including
allwork,whichis
errorfree.Youranalysis
indicatesthatyouhave
masteredtheconcepts
relevanttothelab.

Youranalysisis
completebutmay
containsomeerrors.
Youranalysisindicates
thatyouhave
understoodmostofthe
conceptsrelevantto
thelab.

Youranalysismaybe
missingafewentriesor
containseveralerrors.
Youmayhaveleftout
portionsofwork.Your
analysisindicatesthat
youunderstoodsomethe
conceptsrelevanttothe
lab.

Youranalysisdoesnot
yetshowthatyou
understandthe
conceptsrelevantto
thelab.

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Successof
RollerCoaster

Largeandsmallmarble
bothmadeitfromstartto
finish.

Eitherthelargeorthe
smallmarblemadeit
fromstarttofinish,but
theotherdidnot.

Themarbleswereclose
tomakingthroughthe
coasterbutneverdid.

Themarbleswerenot
yetclosetomakingit
throughtheroller
coaster.

DesignofRoller
Coaster

Rollercoasteris
constructedtomeet
designchallenge.Roller
coastergoesaboveand
beyond,exhibiting
creativityand
thoughtfulness.

Rollercoasteris
constructedtomeet
designchallenge.

Rollercoasteriswell
designedbutdoesnot
seeminlinewithdesign
challenge.

Rollercoasterdesign
needssignificant
improvement.

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