Sample Video 80: Engineering 30: What are some different ways that engineers dissipate energy to slow the coaster down as it enters the station?
Jeff Havlik, a roller coaster architect, answers the question. To learn more about Jeff and the work he does, view a video about him here.
Student Tools
Student Tool 66: Video Reflection Worksheet
Students can use this activity on their own to share their learning and insights about any video they watch independently, and this Student Tool can also be used in conjunction with Teacher Tool 318: Sharing Your Insights Through A Reflection Worksheet as part of a classroom or homeschool activity. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.
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Teacher Tool 276: STEM Activity--Overlapping Engineering Fields
Download this teacher tool for a STEM activity providing students the opportunities to research different fields of engineering and what some of them have in common. This teacher tool could be used with any of the following Educate.Today videos:
Aviation-2, Aviation-9, Engineering-7, Engineering-9, Engineering-11, Environment-8, Environment-14, Sample Video-25, Sample Video-26, Sample Video-34, Sample Video-51, Sample Video-80, Sample Video-81, Sample Video-88, Space-9, Space-10, Space-11, Transportation-14, Transportation-20
Teacher Tool 294: Arts Integration Activity--Roller Coaster Rhythms
This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides an Arts Integration activity combining science, engineering, and music as students learn about roller coaster design and construction and create their own musical composition incorporating the rhythms of a roller coaster in action. This activity is designed to be used with the following Educate.Today videos: Engineering-19, Engineering-20, Engineering-21, Engineering-22, Engineering-23, Engineering-24, Engineering-25, Engineering-26, Engineering-27, Engineering-28, Engineering-29, Engineering-30, Engineering-31, Engineering-32, Engineering-33, Engineering-34, Engineering-35, Engineering-36, Engineering-37, Engineering-38.
DownloadTeacher Tool 295: STEAM Activity--Roller Coaster Rhythms
This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides a STEAM activity combining science, engineering, and music as students learn about roller coaster design and construction and create their own musical composition incorporating the rhythms of a roller coaster in action. This activity is designed to be used with the following Educate.Today videos: Engineering-19, Engineering-20, Engineering-21, Engineering-22, Engineering-23, Engineering-24, Engineering-25, Engineering-26, Engineering-27, Engineering-28, Engineering-29, Engineering-30, Engineering-31, Engineering-32, Engineering-33, Engineering-34, Engineering-35, Engineering-36, Engineering-37, Engineering-38.
DownloadTeacher Tool 318: Cross Curricular Activity--Video Reflection
This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides an Interdisciplinary activity that invites students to complete a reflection worksheet to share learning and insights they gained by watching the video. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.
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