Roller Coaster Fun

 Students in AO today had the opportunity to navigate through a Google Draw one-pager related to roller coasters.

CLICK HERE to access the page.

What began as a browse through the Library of Congress website turned into a decent amount of time looking at their Everyday Mysteries. The site includes Featured Mysteries as well as mysteries from a variety of categories. One that caught my eye was from the Physics category:

“Why Don't I Fall out When a Roller Coaster Goes Upside down?” The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/physics/item/why-dont-i-fall-out-when-a-roller-coaster-goes-upside-down/.

This led to a one-pager devoted entirely to all things roller coaster. Students could learn about roller coaster design or look over a database with the longest, fastest, or tallest roller coasters, or they could watch videos of the top 5 fastest roller coasters from 2020--which one of the students had even ridden! To add to the atmosphere, students also listened to songs from a Spotify playlist that included roller coaster songs!

To wrap up our time together, students had a ticket out: Tell me your roller coaster name. Examples included Unstoppable Falcon, Ultimate Avenger, Unstoppable Dragon, and Twisting Freak. 

More one-pagers to follow, DCG students, if you've missed these first few. (You can read about them HERE.) Be looking for one before the holiday break!