Rick ‘n Rollercoaster
Zac Barton
Bryan Fly
Zach Pendergrass
S
General Info
S Purpose
S Turn on Electrical
Device
S Demonstrate
Engineering Principles
S Be complex and
inefficient
S Be Awesome!!
S Materials Used:
S K-nex’s
S Poster Board
S Golf Balls
S Mouse Trap
S Dominos
S Hemp (Twine)
S Play-doh
S Switch and Wire
S Batteries
S Lamp
Physics Involved
S
Conservation of Linear Momentum
S Collisions
S
Conservation of Energy
S Potential Energy Converted to Kinetic Energy
S
Projectile Motion
S Mousetrap
S Ball Falling on Switch
S
Angular Momentum
S Rotational Motor Turning Lamp
S
Torque
S Necessary for Rotational Switch
S Balls Hitting the Levers
The Design
Phase 4
2
Phase 5
1
3
In Conclusion
The Rick ‘n Rollercoaster is
an extremely inefficient
and complex way of
turning on a lamp.
It will never give you up, let
you down, run around,
and desert you. Make you
cry, say goodbye, tell a lie,
and hurt you.