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Theme Park Engineering On-Line Course |
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This is an on-line class offered
by an actual theme park engineer. It seems
to be a college level class, has twelve lessons
ranging from the jobs in a park, to actually designing
an attraction. Very reasonable cost. |
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Roller Coaster Round Up |
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This lesson plan has students
chart roller coaster stats for comparison purposes.
Grades 3-5 |
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Nova: Roller Coaster |
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This site has lesson plans and
the Nova Roller Coaster Video. Grades 5-8 |
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Ultimate Roller Coaster Contest Lesson Plans |
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Students must create a roller
coaster track using cardboard and test it with a
tennis ball in this lesson plan. Grades 6-8 |
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MusicLand Theme Park Lesson Plans |
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This lesson plan has students
create a theme park that contains different lands
pertaining to musical genres. |
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Building a Roller Coaster |
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This lesson plan is for high
school students. It has them build their own
marble coaster and study the forces the marble goes
through. |
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Coney Island: The Great Escape |
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This is a great lesson plan
for high school students. It involves the
study of New York during the early nineteen hundreds
and involves the many stages Coney Island went through
during it's history. |
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Amusement Park Physics: A Teacher's Guide |
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This is a book with amusement
park related physics lessons. Sample data
is included if a trip to a park is not possible.
It seems this is geared toward high school students. |
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National Geographic - Wonderworld Theme Park |
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Students in grades 3-5 are challenged
to create a theme park called Wonderworld, based
on important locations throughout the world. |
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Hershey Park Activity Guide |
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This guide is posted on the
Hershey Park web site. It contains lessons
in science, writing, history, nature, and more.
Many lessons relate to the park itself, but there
are also a lot of good class room activities. Activities
vary for different grade levels. |
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Interact
Simulations - Roller Coaster |
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This is a great lesson plan
for grades 4-8. It has the students explore
five roller coaster's that just don't seem to work
in an imaginary park. Through science experiments,
students need to demonstrate what went wrong
so the park can open them again. |
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Coaster Dynamics This is actually software,
but it is more of a class room activity.
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This is a great physics lesson
software package. It is for upper grades.
Students can even analyze the forces along roller
coaster tracks. |
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Apple Learning Interchange - Theme Park Activity |
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This is a lesson plan for Social
Studies students in grades 3-7. The lesson
plan has students create a theme park using a regional
history or geography theme. |
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K'NEX Education - Ferris Wheel Activities |
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This is a very well done lesson
plan on Ferris Wheels. It utilizes the K'NEX
Ferris Wheel kit, but some of it can be done without
the kit. You will need to register which is
free to do. |
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K'NEX Education - Roller Coaster Activities |
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This set of roller coaster activities
are geared toward high school students and cover
stuff like friction and work. New and updated
plans and kits offered! |
