Design a Roller Coaster

Use your engineering skills to design and create a “loop-de-loop“ roller coaster that will take a marble for a ride.

Age of children

• Can be adapted for elementary through high school ages

Materials

• Pipe Insulation foam tubes (1/2” diameter) about 6 feet long cut in half
• Marbles
• Plastic cups
• Masking Tape
• Paper & pencils for design

Time

• 1 hour