Re: Amusement park rides

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1 total messages Started by Alvin Trusty Sun, 26 Feb 1995 02:15

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Author: Alvin Trusty
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.

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