It didn't take long before my youngest son begged to go on his first roller coaster. He absolutely loved it!!!  So, in celebration, I thought I would post a few weblinks to give you a mini unit study on Roller Coasters in support my boys new love. 

The History of Roller Coasters - When was the first one built?  Where?  How?  Who invented them?

How Roller Coasters work and are engineered.

Lots of Coasters - See real photos of all types of roller coasters

Design Your Own Roller Coaster - Try your hand at designing your own roller coaster. You will be building a conceptual coaster using the physics concepts that are used to design real coasters.


As you can guess, I was more afraid for my little boy when he jumped on this ride than he was, but then I quickly realized why God made Mom AND Dad.  Dads seem to pick up the slack and help young boys grow up to do all that "boy" stuff...  like ride fast roller coasters (I admit, I like them too a little). However, I think I would be totally satisfied with carousals and choo choo's.