Creative Coasters!

8th graders at Excelsior Middle School have spent the last two weeks creating roller coasters and calculating the energies involved in successfully making a marble roll through a track. 

Students and staff members voted on the most creative coasters from each class.

During each class period (mod), the students tested each other’s submissions.  They were asked to vote for two rollercoasters. They could not vote for their own project.

The coasters were judged on the effort put into the finished product, the theme, how well the theme was incorporated into the project, and if the marble actually made it through the coaster!