Springer students design roller coasters

By on    Good Thinking, Heath, Rockwall, Royse City  

ROCKWALL, TX (Feb. 8. 2015) Springer Elementary sixth grade students in Mrs. Rogers’ class designed small scale roller coasters to apply and analyze the fundamental laws of physics. The students examined conversions between potential and kinetic energy, Newton’s 3 Laws, as well as force, velocity and acceleration. Submitted by Jenny Kaup, Rockwall ISD. To share […]

Cans for Coasters: Grace Hartman sixth graders make speedy delivery to Helping Hands

By on    Good Thinking, Heath, Rockwall  

(ROCKWALL ISD-January 23, 2013) Sixth grade students at Grace Hartman Elementary have been studying forces and motion. Using this knowledge, they built their own roller coasters to demonstrate acceleration, velocity, potential and kinetic energy and calculated the speed. After testing the coasters they decided to share their experience with the other students on the campus […]