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Article #726Re: Amusement park rides
From: Alvin Trusty
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 02:15
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 02:15
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On Sat, 25 Feb 1995, Slutskin - Shelli wrote: > Greetings physics teachers. I am part of a team developing a performance > assessment task which will ask students to design an amusement park ride > using their knowledge of simple machines. I would appreciate any ideas, > labs, and resource infromation that you may be able to provide. If you > reply to me I will be glad tocompile information and post to the list. > thank you in advance for any help. I got a great sim for Christmas called "Coaster". It's a PC prog that lets you build, ride and test (velocity and acceleration) a coaster. I thought it would be more of a game, but I was impressed. You can get it at most software shops for less than $50. //--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--//--// \\ Alvin Trusty - Technology Director - Phone: (513) 593-9211 \\ || Benjamin Logan Local Schools - Fax: (513) 593-3308 || // ** Youth & Skill will always overcome Age & Treachery ** // \\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\--\\
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 16cfd8,bb87c2a18a0c4cd0 X-Google-Attributes: gid16cfd8,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-25 18:15:40 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!stern.fokus.gmd.de!ceres.fokus.gmd.de!zib-berlin.de!news.cs.uni-magdeburg.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!news.dfn.de!swiss.ans.net!gatech!paladin.american.edu!auvm!WOCO.OHIO.GOV!BL_TRUSTY Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.physhare MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9502252256.A538993925-0100000@WOCO.OHIO.GOV> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 22:15:40 -0400 Sender: Sharing resources for high school physics <PHYSHARE@PSUVM.PSU.EDU> From: Alvin Trusty <BL_TRUSTY@WOCO.OHIO.GOV> Subject: Re: Amusement park rides In-Reply-To: <01HNGRYP9IJM8WWHP8@WOCO.OHIO.GOV> Lines: 18