Mount Carmel Academy's physics classes participated in a roller coaster design challenge using the concepts of forces, motion and energy. The roller coaster needed to have a "thrill factor" to attract ...

QUEENSBURY, NY. (NEWS10) – What better way to apply what you learned in your college physics courses than to test your theories in person with real roller coasters? Well, 17 Siena students are doing ...

Dave Hille and Jennifer Zaremba, physics teachers, held their annual roller coaster open-house on May 28th. Physics students were to create a roller coaster that had two hills, the second 50% higher ...

For some physics students this memorial day weekend was more like a four day weekend than a three day weekend. On Friday May twenty-third, one hundred fun physics, physics and AP physics students got ...

Roller coasters are a "safe adventure" — one of those "I dare you’s" that’s survivable. Riding high, plunging low, going in circles — people are drawn to roller coasters for the thrills, chills and ...

Honestly, nothing quite says “I trust modern engineering” like strapping yourself into a high-tech roller coaster and letting physics do its thing. Roller coasters have evolved far past wooden jolts ...