They worked in teams over several days to complete the project and then put their designs head-to-head in a competition. "I have split them up into teams so they can improve this is just one ...

WALKER, Mich. — Students at Kenowa Hills Middle School hosted their paper roller coaster showcase on Friday. The showcase was the first of its kind since STEM teacher Steve Feutz started the ...

If you've got a small ball, some paper, and tape, you can make a roller coaster. Get busy with this engineering challenge: Build a roller coaster with materials you already have at home.

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A super-duper science project from Science BuddiesPotential energy is “stored” because of an object’s elevation or height off the ground. When the coaster car starts going down the hill the ...

Stewart Middle School's STEM class spent three months building gravity roller coasters for a competition at Kings Dominion.

Mandie Sanderman, science consultant with the Central Rivers AEA, said this is the first year year they've held the Paper Roller Coaster Design Challenge.

Time was of the essence, you see, as the youth were on a mission to build the best roller coaster possible that could carry a single marble from start to finish.

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Royal College of Art PhD student (and former amusement park employee) Julijonas Urbonas has drafted designs for a project he calls “The Euthanasia Coaster,” a fast and fatal thrill ride ...

Coaster mania POOLER — If you are not familiar with the acronym STEM, you should be. For many years the intellectual community has been insisting the future of our society, even our planet, will… ...