Roller Coaster... Whaaa....

Thinking back a couple of years ago, I am able to recall one of the most difficult projects I have ever had to complete. In the middle of eighth grade year, my class was assigned a project in science. While we were learning about energy and its many forms, our teacher decided to make class a little more entertaining by having several groups of students create hand made rollercoasters. This project seemed like it was going to be an easy “A”. But little did I know, it was going to be a bit harder than I thought.

These rollercoasters not only had to look good and stretch a certain distance, but they actually had to operate fully 3 times without messing up or falling off track. Like I said, this may sound like fun, but it is very tricky. The trickiest part of this project had to be the assembling of the rollercoaster and transporting it to the school. Once the pieces were all measured and cut, the actual gluing and fitting was very tough. Gluing tiny pieces of wood together is harder than one may think.

Once finally assembled, the rollercoaster had to fit into the car and also stay in one piece. That ride to school was terrifying, Flinching at every bump and not letting my eyes or hands off of the rollercoaster for one second paid off. Finally we dropped of the coaster to class and our mission was a success! It took my group a couple of tries to get it to work properly, but we did it. All of our hard work and persistence had finally paid off!