WilliamCharron

BACSRollerCoasterEngineers
BlackstoneAcademyCharterSchool
334PleasantSt.
Pawtucket,RI02860

SixFlagsTinyTown
123CoasterCt.
TinyTown,USA

ToWhomItMayConcern:

Recentlymypartner,Brandon,andIhavebeentaskedwithcreatingarollercoasterfor
yourpark.Thereweresomeconstraintsandcriteriathatwehadtomeet.First,theconstraints
werethatwemusthaveatleast2hillsand1loopthosearetheconstraints.Thecriteriawechose
wasachallengewehadtocreatearollercoasterwiththemostsuccessfulloops.Ourroller
coasterisdesignedtodoso.Byhavingasubstantialdropatthebeginning,enoughmomentumis
gainedtomakeitthroughallofoursmallloops.Thisisbecauseallthepotentialenergygained
fromtheheightofthedropisconvertedintokineticenergyasthecartsgodownthedropthat
kineticenergyispartiallyexpendedwhenthecartsgouptheloops,soitsessentialtogetas
muchofitaspossibletomakeitthroughasmanyloopsaspossible.Wemadetheloopssmallto
minimizetheamountofexpendedenergyperloopandmaximizetheamountofloopswecould
dowiththetrackgiven.

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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):4.9m/s
RollerCoastersTopSpeed(Experimental):1.8m/s
RollerCoastersGreatestDrop:121cm(Thewholerollercoasterisadrop,exceptfortheloops)
NumberofLoops:3
AverageVelocity:2.83m/s

Insertthegraphyouusedtodeterminetopspeedexperimentally.

Explainhowyoumadethatgraphandhowyoudeterminedtopspeedbylookingatthatgraph.

Tomakethegraph,wetookavideooftherollercoasterinaction.Wethenplottedthemovement
ofthemarbleaftereveryfromeinthetheVideoPhysicsapp,whichthengraphedthatdatafor
us.Wethenlookedatthehighest(orlowest)valueonthegraphandtooktheabsolutevalueof
thattofindourexperimentalvelocity.

Whywasthereadifferencebetweenthetopspeedyoucalculatedandthetopspeedyou
determinedexperimentally?

Therewasadifferencebetweenthetopspeedwecalculatedandthetopspeedwedetermined
experimentallybecausewhenwecalculatedthevelocity,wedidnottakeintoaccountdissipated
energy.TheiPad,ontheotherhand,doestakethatintoaccount,andcalculatedthevelocity
accordingly,yieldingdifferentresults.

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4MeetsStandard

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02NotYetMeeting
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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

121cm

0cm

80cm

0cm

PotentialEnergy .0064N

0N

.0042N

0N

KineticEnergy

0N

.0064N

.0022N

.0064N

Mechanical
Energy

.0064N

.0064N

.0064N

.0064N

Velocity

0m/s

4.9m/s

2.85m/s

4.9m/s

Momentum

0kgm/s

2.646gm/s

1.53gm/s

2.646gm/s

Velocityof

1.042m/s

2gramAtRest
MarbleAfter
Collision

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4MeetsStandard

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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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4MeetsStandard

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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.

28.5/30Nicework,William!