Conservation of Energy by Dylan Ramirez and Julia Calderon Dylan: Our roller coaster is located on the stairs above.

we constructed it out of race car tracks and use a racecar as out cart. In order to let it hang and stay in place we threaded fishing wire through the wood and track to let it hand but still look clean. Then we screwed the track to wooden strips to that it would stay straight. Julia: he top of our roller coaster is where the maximum amount of potential energy is, at the bottom of the first hill is where the kinetic energy is at its maximum. The loops use centripetal force to keep the car on the track. Dylan: We can find the amount of kinetic, potential, and total energy of our coaster just by using the following formulas.KE=1/2mvsquared is used to find the kinetic energy, and PE=mgh, and to find the total amount of energy you use both of the equations combined like so; TEa=mgh=TEb=1/2mvsquared. Julia: This spreadsheet has all of our calculations for our roller coaster. (explain each calculation) Dylan: Our calculations are based off of important points of our roller coaster. such at the top of the hill, the bottom of our hill, bottom of our first loop, the top of our first loop, the bottom of our second loop, the top of our second loop, and the bottom of our roller coaster.

Julia: Our roller coaster is similar to the ride the Buccaneer at six flags, because both our roller coaster and the Buccaneer use the rule of Conservation of Energy. Dylan: Do you have any questions about our roller coaster? Julia: Thank you for stopping by our Roller Coaster.