Amusement Park Ride Physics

Students Visit Worlds of Fun During Thrill U. Week (Ultimate Rollercoaster)

10 May 2008

Kansas City, MO -- Classes will be moved to Worlds of Fun amusement park to teach students how science, math, language arts, physics, and social studies relate to thrill rides during Thrill U. Week.

Thousands descend on Six Flags for physics class (Lake County News Sun)

9 May 2008

Physics + Six Flags Great America = Fun! OK, maybe there was some work involved, evident by the fact that there were clutches of kids at Six Flags Great America filling sheets of paper and using things called "spring accelerometers" and stop watches. About 10,000 elementary and high school students from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan descended on the theme park for Physics Day.

Science students build roller coasters (Merced Sun-Star)

3 May 2008

Most of the students at Valley Community School have probably never seen the movie "Field of Dreams," but they know if they build it, they get to come -- to Great America, that is.