{"id":1587,"date":"2018-10-28T15:32:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T19:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2018-10-28T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T19:32:12","slug":"time-to-scream-for-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/10\/time-to-scream-for-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to SCREAM for STE(A)M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey you physical science teachers out there! Have you wondered how to make motion an interesting lesson while also trying to infuse more STE(A)M inspired activities? Look no further, it&#8217;s time to build some ROLLER COASTERS!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.shutterstock.com\/image-vector\/roller-coaster-amusement-park-super-260nw-224148409.jpg?resize=550%2C505&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for roller coaster cartoon\" width=\"550\" height=\"505\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Engage them:<\/strong> Show a Virtual Reality (VR) simulation of a Roller Coaster, tell them feel free to get goofy and make noises to it. If you&#8217;re comfortable facillitating a roller coaster like at a sporting event, go for it. Have them question what is driving the momentum (Which parts does it go fast? When does it go slower?) An example VR roller coaster clip can be found here: (watch from 32s to about 1m32s is the estimated time.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Extreme VR Roller Coaster: Virtual Reality 3D Video for Samsung Gear VR Box\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rDjYa5LPn5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let them Explore:\u00a0<\/strong>Divide the class up into roughly 4 groups (The bigger the groups, the better). They will be constructing their own roller coaster! Have each student come up with a design for their roller coaster to present to the larger group. Also have each team come up with a name for their ride.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/~rapidproto\/students.03\/yoka\/project1\/MarbleRollerCoaster_a.gif\" alt=\"Image result for roller coaster sketch\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explain:\u00a0<\/strong>Tell the class that every team will be competing to build the fastest roller coaster. Have a class-wide discussion to help them get to the point that these roller coasters will be driven by gravity and that fastest, in this sense, will be calculated by average velocity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elaborate:\u00a0<\/strong>It&#8217;s now time to break out the materials. Pipe insulation makes great track for your roller coasters at only $2 per 6 feet of it. Allow the students to use duct tape as well as any materials you have laying around (be as rigid as you need for this rule, I know in my high school we were able to use chairs, the ceiling, and meter sticks to support the coaster, amend this to how you need). Glass marbles will be the &#8220;coaster&#8221; and it will start at the top of the track. Students are free to take ideas from one another in the group and fix the coaster until it can have the marble tread the entire track as well as amend the coaster to make it faster.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1590\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture2-300x218.png?resize=285%2C207\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture2.png?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture2.png?resize=768%2C558&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture2.png?w=868&amp;ssl=1 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1591\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture3-300x192.png?resize=322%2C206\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture3.png?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture3.png?resize=768%2C491&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture3.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/>\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1589\" style=\"font-size: 12px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture-300x194.png?resize=618%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture.png?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture.png?resize=768%2C496&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/10\/Capture.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(I must give all credit to my own high school Physical Science teacher, Laura Rettig for this Learning Cycle process that I remember from High school. These three pictures were taken from her class Facebook page. You can find actually quite a bit of different chemistry and physical science experiments on her Facebook page:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rettigclass\/)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evaluate:\u00a0<\/strong>Incentive the fastest, or most cool (through maybe other teachers coming in), most consecutive loops (feel free to come up with more creative superlatives), and evaluate everyone by accuracy in their calculation of the roller coasters acceleration, average velocity, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy engaging your students in a real world, fun application of a physics topic of physical science!<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WyattBischoff\/status\/1056629625235931142<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Hey you physical science teachers out there! Have you wondered how to make motion an interesting lesson while also trying to infuse more STE(A)M inspired <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/10\/time-to-scream-for-steam\/\" title=\"Time to SCREAM for STE(A)M\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2526,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-activity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}