This is a great site! I love that it teaches you the laws of rollercoaster and amusement park physics and, at the same time, lets you build a rollercoaster. The was, by far, the most fun game that we've had on the blog. But, I do wish that there would be more things to building the rollercoaster than just clicking the heights and things like that. Actually having you lay out the tracks would be much better. Everything else was perfect, though, and talking about kinetic energy was going back to the robotics unit and reminded me of what we learned. This is a great way to remember facts such as that and have a greater understanding and knowledge of science in the world.
I really enjoyed this game. I didn't like that it didn't have you build a carosel or set up bumper cars. It gave great information on kinetic energy. I agree with Eva about how it gives a lot of information on what we learned in our robotics unit. I disagree with Eva in that the phone building game was the most fun out of all of the games, but this was still really fun. I agree with Eva also about how we should have been able to lay out the track, and have a character do a test ride to see the safety and fun. That is why I think this game was fun and not fun. I am actually really happy! Izzy, you picked such a great site. Keep continuing this and Ms. Ghazarian will have lots of happy bloggers!
Both Eva and Gracie are right when they said that it has to do a lot with out robotics unit. The game was interesting and reassuring that the roller coasters are not as scary as they look (even though only a few of them are scary) This game is perfect for Izzy because she is going to Disneyland (maybe that is why she picked it). I found it a bit weird that the carts would go flying off, I thought it would just me the people. (shouldn't the cart be on the track) Would they do that in real life if it went on a certain angle?Which angles would make it tip over? Why couldn't the whirl work? (Or was it just me?)
This was actually pretty cool. I am quite interested in how roller coasters work. The game was really fun and it has always seemed really awesome to be the creator of a roller coaster, especially a popular one. Like other people were saying, how the Potential energy converted into Kinetic energy when the roller coaster went down the hill, it was similar to the robotics/energy unit. My dad has pretty much told me my whole life that roller coasters aren't actually dangerous, they just make you feel like you are in danger. They go really fast, and they leave your stomach feeling weird, but it turns out that when you ride one that you are completely safe. Obviously, roller coaster designers have way more work to do than what we did. They can't just chose from three different shapes, then just simply connect them, and then test. They have to use formulas and then when they finally test the ride, it has to be at least a little good because if it isn't, the designers would probably get fired. It was actually pretty cool that there are different wheels that do different things on a roller coaster car. It's actually quite interesting to know how much goes into making such a relatively "simple" ride. I had already known that roller coaster pretty much just rely on gravity, because in the beginning they take you up a hill and there is enough momentum from the first drop to move you on to ones after it. Overall, I thought that this was really cool.
I think this game is super cool and fun. But I am sad just like Gracie that we did not have to built a carousel or bumper cars ride. It also taught us the history of Galileo life and newton life and his laws of motion. I was actually intrigued by this site and would like to try some of this stuff when I have a chance. I also think that this is a great way to remember kentic and potential energy. Bye.
This was fun but was kind of boring. This was not a great game and was not really interactive. All this taught us was Newton's laws of physics. Also, I know a lot about his laws of physics, and I got all the answers correct. The roller coaster creating was EPIC!!! It was fun to see the person crash and I eventually figured out how to get the right roller coster. They should have either made the game more interactive or put better information. It was good to know about park safety and about how roller coasters are actually safe and not as dangerous as regular sports, even compared to biking and horse riding. Interesting facts, but not very interactive. :(
I thought this article was really interesting. It tells you that when you go on a rollercoaster, you aren't JUST going on a rollercoaster. I agree with Bianca. This does have a LOT to do with our Robotics unit. My rollercoaster failed, but I now understand why it failed. I think that it's interesting that the heights on my rollercoaster were ALL wrong. :) Overall, this was an amazingly fun game! I learned a lot!
I thought that this was okay. I thought that it was interactive but that I knew some of the stuff already. It is also better if you listen without the audio. I thought some of the stuff on history and Newton's laws and I think that the energy part about Kinetic and Potential Energy was actually quite interesting and it provided some facts that I didn't know before
I thought that this game was really cool. I used the classic and to learn all about how roller coasters, Galileo's free fall, motion sickness and bumper cars really work. This game can help you understand phsics and a lot of other stuff.
I thought it was really cool that I could design my own roller coaster and predict the outcome of the collisions of bumper cars. I think this website was fun but could have a little more to it.
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This is a great site! I love that it teaches you the laws of rollercoaster and amusement park physics and, at the same time, lets you build a rollercoaster. The was, by far, the most fun game that we've had on the blog. But, I do wish that there would be more things to building the rollercoaster than just clicking the heights and things like that. Actually having you lay out the tracks would be much better. Everything else was perfect, though, and talking about kinetic energy was going back to the robotics unit and reminded me of what we learned. This is a great way to remember facts such as that and have a greater understanding and knowledge of science in the world.
I really enjoyed this game. I didn't like that it didn't have you build a carosel or set up bumper cars. It gave great information on kinetic energy. I agree with Eva about how it gives a lot of information on what we learned in our robotics unit. I disagree with Eva in that the phone building game was the most fun out of all of the games, but this was still really fun. I agree with Eva also about how we should have been able to lay out the track, and have a character do a test ride to see the safety and fun. That is why I think this game was fun and not fun. I am actually really happy! Izzy, you picked such a great site. Keep continuing this and Ms. Ghazarian will have lots of happy bloggers!
Both Eva and Gracie are right when they said that it has to do a lot with out robotics unit. The game was interesting and reassuring that the roller coasters are not as scary as they look (even though only a few of them are scary) This game is perfect for Izzy because she is going to Disneyland (maybe that is why she picked it). I found it a bit weird that the carts would go flying off, I thought it would just me the people. (shouldn't the cart be on the track) Would they do that in real life if it went on a certain angle?Which angles would make it tip over?
Why couldn't the whirl work? (Or was it just me?)
This was actually pretty cool. I am quite interested in how roller coasters work. The game was really fun and it has always seemed really awesome to be the creator of a roller coaster, especially a popular one. Like other people were saying, how the Potential energy converted into Kinetic energy when the roller coaster went down the hill, it was similar to the robotics/energy unit. My dad has pretty much told me my whole life that roller coasters aren't actually dangerous, they just make you feel like you are in danger. They go really fast, and they leave your stomach feeling weird, but it turns out that when you ride one that you are completely safe. Obviously, roller coaster designers have way more work to do than what we did. They can't just chose from three different shapes, then just simply connect them, and then test. They have to use formulas and then when they finally test the ride, it has to be at least a little good because if it isn't, the designers would probably get fired. It was actually pretty cool that there are different wheels that do different things on a roller coaster car. It's actually quite interesting to know how much goes into making such a relatively "simple" ride. I had already known that roller coaster pretty much just rely on gravity, because in the beginning they take you up a hill and there is enough momentum from the first drop to move you on to ones after it.
Overall, I thought that this was really cool.
I didn't really enjoy the game but I agree that it was more informational than the other games. I think it should have had more.
Sophia said,
I think this game is super cool and fun. But I am sad just like Gracie that we did not have to built a carousel or bumper cars ride. It also taught us the history of Galileo life and newton life and his laws of motion. I was actually intrigued by this site and would like to try some of this stuff when I have a chance. I also think that this is a great way to remember kentic and potential energy. Bye.
This was fun but was kind of boring. This was not a great game and was not really interactive. All this taught us was Newton's laws of physics. Also, I know a lot about his laws of physics, and I got all the answers correct. The roller coaster creating was EPIC!!! It was fun to see the person crash and I eventually figured out how to get the right roller coster. They should have either made the game more interactive or put better information. It was good to know about park safety and about how roller coasters are actually safe and not as dangerous as regular sports, even compared to biking and horse riding. Interesting facts, but not very interactive. :(
I thought this article was really interesting. It tells you that when you go on a rollercoaster, you aren't JUST going on a rollercoaster. I agree with Bianca. This does have a LOT to do with our Robotics unit. My rollercoaster failed, but I now understand why it failed. I think that it's interesting that the heights on my rollercoaster were ALL wrong. :)
Overall, this was an amazingly fun game! I learned a lot!
I thought that this was okay. I thought that it was interactive but that I knew some of the stuff already. It is also better if you listen without the audio. I thought some of the stuff on history and Newton's laws and I think that the energy part about Kinetic and Potential Energy was actually quite interesting and it provided some facts that I didn't know before
I thought that this game was really cool. I used the classic and to learn all about how roller coasters, Galileo's free fall, motion sickness and bumper cars really work. This game can help you understand phsics and a lot of other stuff.
I thought it was really cool that I could design my own roller coaster and predict the outcome of the collisions of bumper cars. I think this website was fun but could have a little more to it.
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