Related Websites and Resources
We are not the only ones that have caught the Amusement Park Physics Bug. Here is a list of useful links to websites and resources you may find helpful in your classroom.
Table of Contents
- Physics of Amusement Parks
- Physics of Roller Coasters
- Physics of Amusement Park Rides
- Measurements of Rides
- Playground Physics
Physics of Amusement Parks:
- Laptop Learning -- Amusement Park Physics
- Physics of Popular Amusement Park Rides
- A Day in the Amusement Park Laboratory
- Model Amusement Park
- Paramount's Great America
- Clarence Bakken's Physics Day Web Site: Physics/Science/Math Days at Paramounts Great America
- NASA, Amusement Park Physics Day Material
- Amusement Park Physics Interactive Simulations
Physics of Roller Coasters:
- Teacher Universe Learning Tools -- Coaster Physics for High Schoolers (Lesson Plan)
- Fear of Physics - Roller Coasters!
- Amusement Parks and Roller Coasters
- Roller Coaster (By Lesley Frey, Rujing Jiang, Kristin Giannini)
- Duane Marden: The roller Coaster Data Base
- Roller Coaster Giga Links: Physics and Technology
- Funderstanding Rollercoaster Design Applett
Physics of Amusement Park Rides:
- Amusement Park Physics. This interactive exhibit , part of the Exhibits Collection, explores how the laws of physics play a role in the design of amusement park rides.
- The Caliper - Amusement Park Physics
- Physics Curriculum and Instruction — Amusement Park Physics
- David Burton, Ride Extravaganza
- Coasters and More - updates and technical details of upcoming rides (in german)
Measurements on Rides
Playground Physics:
- APS -- Playground Physics
- Playground Physics (Link Broken)
- Playground Phyics
- Physics on the on the Playground
- Playground Physics Classroom Activity
- Physics on Slides (Link Broken)
- Playground Physics on YouTube
- Rocking Playground Physics on YouTube
- Playground Physics Activities and Rescources (Grades 3-6)