You have to experiment with different height and different loop sizes to make a good roller coaster marble run.
Marble roller coaster project design.
Using a piece of corrugated cardboard as a base assemble your track according to your plan.
You ll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape and see how much of an initial drop is required to get the marble to loop the loop.
Abstract if you d like to investigate the physics of amusement park rides then this project is for you.
Before you start building plan out a design for your roller coaster.
Draw your design on paper.
It is not easy to get it right the first time.
You ll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape and see how much the marble s potential energy at the beginning of the track is converted to kinetic energy at various points along the track.
But when you get it right it can be exhilarating.
Figure out how many supports and pieces of track you will need.