STEM Clubs

School: Ponteland Community High School Status: Completed Date Started: 16 Dec 2009 Date Completed: 15 Dec 2009 Keywords tags: Technology Physics Energy No of pupils: 9 Number of views: 3069

Project 7

For 200 years rollercoasters have fascinated and entertained millions and they continually get longer, faster, higher and more extreme!

Stem Club members spent 5 weeks building a fully automatic rollercoaster out of K-Nex. The rollercoaster had a 360 degree loop, a near vertical drop and various bends and twists.

Unfortunately the rollercoaster lacked the momentum to complete the circuit so club members decided to increase its height to over 5ft to overcome this difficulty. The construction work continues...

This is a project that brings together problem solving, imagination, physics and engineering.