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Meghan Amberik TPJ Pd. 4 Today’s Objectives: Work on the roller coaster project for the whole period. Homework: Week 1 roller coaster project due next Friday When the class period started, Mr. Manning reminded us about our homework for the weekend. After he explained that, he let us get straight to work on our projects. The design a ride projects purpose is to create an amusement park ride using different concepts learned in our physics class. There are five requirements you have to meet. The first is the preliminary design and calculations. The second is the model of the ride. The third is the calculations and graphical information which include projectile and circular motion, kinetic and potential energies, and a graph showing at least one portion of the ride. The fourth is the three minute presentation on your ride and the last requirement is the written description. For this project you are allowed to work in pairs and you will have 4 weeks to complete it. In class, we worked on the Week 1 assignment: Ride Sketch and Description. You need to make a neat sketch of your ride and label all the points that will be used for calculations. You also need to include a one page description of your ride. It should include the theme of your ride, what makes it interesting, and explain where your energy, projectile motion, and circular motion will be. Don’t forget to include numbers in your sketch. This is a rough sketch of my ride: The due date for the sketch and description is: Friday, April 17th It is a 7.5 point assignment. **Sorry this is so late Mr. Manning. My computer has not been working for the past week.