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Solar Amusement Park Ride

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Students use a solar panel and motor to create a solar-powered amusement park ride that spins. Activity designed for students to work in teams. Students are provided solar cells, motors, propellors, and recyclable materials. This activity is a minimum of four days, 40-minute class periods. The criteria is to create a free-standing spinning amusement park ride using solar energy. Students will work through the Engineering Design Process to complete this activity.

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6th Grade 7th Grade

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This is a four-part lesson that will guide students in groups to create a trackless dark ride. A dark ride is a ride where engineers utilize characters, scenes, and music to tell a story to the rider