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Student Packet S.1-S.2 Screamin’ Roller Coasters

S.3 Task One: Screamin’ Stats

S.4-S.5 Task Two: Roller Coaster Awards

S.6 Task Three: Roller Coaster Timeline (VLS – Version Less Scaffolding) S.7 Task Three: Roller Coaster Timeline (VMS – Version More Scaffolding) S.8 Task Four: Map That Coaster!

S.9-S.10 Task Five: Kinetic & Potential Energy

S.11-S.12 Task Six: Creating a Bar Graph

S.13 How to Construct a Lapbook

S.14-S.15 Task Seven: Make a Lapbook!

S.16 Lapbook Flap Covers

S.17-S.18 Extras: Word Search & Crossword Puzzle Screamin’ Roller Coasters Desperado Nitro The Desperado roller coaster opened in The Nitro roller coaster has been operating August 1994 at Buffalo Bill’s Resort in Primm, since May 2001 at Six Flags Great Nevada. It was built in order to attract more Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. At the tourists from the highway. It features a 225 time of its construction, it was the fastest foot drop and reaches speeds of up to 80 roller coaster in New Jersey and the tallest miles per hour. Over a mile long, the length of on the east coast of the United States. The the Desperado’s track stretches 5,843 feet! Nitro has 5,394 feet of track and the So, it’s no wonder the duration of the ride is 2 ride lasts 2 minutes and minutes and 20 seconds. Jackson, 43 seconds. With a G- Reaching speeds of up to 80 New force of 4, there are miles per hour, the steepest Jersey no inversions and the incline riders will encounter is steepest drop on the Primm, 68 degrees with a 215 foot Desperado is 55 degrees. Nevada drop. Although it has no It is constructed of steel and inversions, the Nitro is considered a hyper coaster. considered a mega coaster with a G-force of 4.3.

Phantom’s Revenge Goliath Phantom’s Revenge is a steel roller coaster Goliath is a mega coaster located at Six at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennyslvania. Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. At its May 1991 opening, it was the fastest It first opened in February 2000. This steel roller coaster with the longest drop of any roller coaster has a drop of 255 feet at a roller coaster in the world! It originally maximum 61 degree vertical angle. With a G- contained four inversions, but they were all force of 4.5, it takes riders 2 minutes and 6 removed. Currently, the biggest drop on the seconds to finish this track. Phantom’s Revenge is 228 feet and it Once bragged as the longest reaches speeds of up to 85 miles per hour. It and fastest closed-circuit roller takes 1 minute and 57 seconds to ride this coaster in the world, it reaches roller coaster with a total length of 3,200 speeds of up to 85 miles feet. Phantom’s Revenge is considered a per hour on its 4,500 hyper coaster. feet of track. Valencia, It’s steepest incline California Riders do not is 52 degrees and experience an West Mifflin, riders reach a G- Pennyslvania Inversion on this force of 3.5. steel roller coaster. S.1 How to Construct a Lapbook Excellent Youtube tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1inXbba3cg Materials: 2 manila folders (actually use up 1 ½), 1 sheet cardstock, clear packing tape

1. Open a manila folder. 2. Fold the right edge 3. Open the folder. You Take the left edge and inward so that the two now have a large back fold it inward so that the edges meet in the middle and two half-size flaps. left edge is lined up with to resemble a portfolio. Glue cardstock onto the the existing crease in the inside of the back to folder. support it.

4. Reinforce the bottom nd edge with a piece of clear 5. On the 2 packing tape. manila folder, while closed, trim the crease off. Then, trim the open edge so that both sides of the folder are equal size.

6. Place one half of the trimmed folder on top of the cardstock. Use clear packing tape to tape over and underneath so that this extra half hinges open from the top of the lapbook.

S.13 Task Seven: Make a Lapbook!

A – Desperado summary B – Phantom’s Revenge summary C – Nitro summary D – Goliath summary E F E – Millennium Force summary top flap F – Superman summary open G – Intimidator summary H – Kraken summary I – Timeline (trifold) G H J – Bar Graph (trifold) K – Map L – Map Key M – Screamin’ Stats chart A C (folded) I

B J D

top flap closed

A K C

L B M D

S.14 ©2013 erin cobb Task Seven: Make a Lapbook! 1. Cut the two-page article “Screamin’ Roller Coasters” into 8 pieces on the border around each coaster’s section. 2. Glue these 8 pieces separately into the lapbook in Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. 3. Find the award ribbons you made in Task Two. If you have not already colored/decorated them and cut them out, do that now. Then, place the ribbons on top of the summary of the coaster that is written on each. Staple the ribbons (in a stack for those that have more than one ribbon) on top of each corresponding article so that the ribbons can be lifted up to read the article if need be. 4 Find the timeline you completed in Task Three. Fold it into three sections like it is a letter that you intend to mail. Glue the back of the middle section of the paper only so that the top and bottom of the letter swing open. Glue it into Section I. Do the same thing with the bar graph you completed in Task Six and glue it the say way into Section J. See picture on the right. 5. Find the table you completed in Task One. Cut out along the edge of the perimeter. Then, fold the right edge of the table in so that the back of the edge lines up with the right edge of the coaster column (see photo on right). With the edge folded, you should see the “Coaster” column only. Trace the lines through the back of the paper as shown to make a new column. Then, write yes or no next to each coaster to indicate whether or not you would consider riding that coaster. Finally, glue the back down into Section M so that the new column section still swings open. 6. Find the USA map you colored and labeled in Task Four. Cut it out around its perimeter and glue it onto Section K. Then, cut the Map Key out separately and glue it into Section L. (see photo bottom right)

7. Finally, cut out the cover pieces and color/decorate the front of your lapbook.

T.2-T.4 Detailed Teacher Instructions

T.5 KEY Task One: Screamin’ Stats

T.6 KEY Task Two: Roller Coaster Awards

T.7 KEY Task Three: Roller Coaster Timeline

T.8 KEY Task Four: Map That Coaster!

T.9-T.10 KEY Task Five: Kinetic & Potential Energy

T.11-T.12 KEY Task Six: Creating a Bar Graph

T.13 KEY Extras: Word Search

T.14 KEY Extras: Crossword Puzzle

Note: Instructions for making and piecing together the lapbook can be found in the Student Packet, pages S.13-S.15. ______Suggested Schedule Date: Time Duration Activity 45 minutes Read “Screamin’ Roller Coasters. View PowerPoint and discuss as you read. 30 minutes Task One: Screamin’ Stats 30 minutes Task Two: Roller Coaster Awards 45 minutes Task Three: Roller Coaster Timeline 60 minutes Task Four: Map That Coaster 30 minutes Task Five: Kinetic & Potential Energy 60 minutes Task Six: Creating a Bar Graph 120 minutes Task Seven: Make a Lapbook!

Notes:

T.1 Teacher Instructions

Optional Video Clips Roller Coaster Science – Energy Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5_jrwSA3w SafeShare TV Link: http://www.safeshare.tv/w/LJUBLXptJH

Kinetic & Potential Energy Song Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl4g7T5gw1M SafeShare TV Link: http://www.safeshare.tv/w/oYeCYonYph

How to Make a Lapbook – Excellent demonstration on the exact type of Lapbook you will be making Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1inXbba3cg SafeShare TV Link: http://www.safeshare.tv/w/cGvHHfloyJ

Gather All Materials Copies of Student Packet (1 per student) Copy of Teacher Packet Screamin’ Coasters PowerPoint Presentation Manila Folders (1 ½ per student) Clear Packing Tape (1 roll) Cardstock – any color (1 per student) Glue – Elmer’s liquid glue works best, but glue sticks are fine Scissors Pencil colors, crayons, or markers (fine tip) Assorted Construction Paper for decorating lapbook (optional) *Download Visual Companion PowerPoint for Pictures: http://tiny.cc/g2muvw (Google Docs will tell you that it exceeds the file size for virus scanning; please download anyway since I can assure you it’s virus free! T.2 Teacher Instructions, Page 2 Detailed Lesson Plan Instructions 1. Before class begins, check to see that all materials are present. (See list on previous page) 2. Tell students that they will be working on a thematic unit today on roller coasters. They will read about, study, discuss, and analyze 8 different roller coasters. They will be doing activities in reading, science, social studies, and even math. Their end result will be a lapbook about these 8 roller coasters. 3. Have students read the two-page document “Screamin’ Roller Coasters” to get an overview of the 8 roller coasters they will be studying. Either during or after reading each section, show students the corresponding PowerPoint slide so they can get a better idea of what each roller coaster is like. After reading the article, have students choose a different color to represent each roller coaster and outline that coaster’s box (around its article) with the color. They will continue the use of these assigned colors throughout this activity. It might be fun to try to color code using the actual color scheme on the real roller coaster! **Optional: If technology is available, show students the downloaded Visual Companion for this lesson plan to see photos of the roller coasters!** 4. Initiate a discussion by asking students to share their experiences riding roller coasters. 5. Guide students to complete Task One: Screamin’ Stats.. Complete answer keys are included for reference. After completing, check answers and discuss. 7. Next, students will complete Task Two: Roller Coaster Awards. Have the students color/decorate the awards if time permits. Check with answer key. 8. Task Three: Roller Coaster Timeline has two different versions. The .VLS (Version Less Scaffolding) does not include lines and boxes for filling in information. The .VMS (Version More Scaffolding) has the boxes drawn and students simply have to determine which roller coasters go where. Check against timeline. After students have checked and corrected timeline where necessary, have them outline each box with the color chosen for each coaster in Task One. 9. Next, complete Task Four: Map That Coaster! The students should be able to locate each state on the US map for this activity. “Screamin’ Roller Coasters” includes a star pointing out the exact location of the city of each roller coaster within the state. Use this to compete the USA map. Then, answer the questions and fill in the key using the colors chosen in Task One. T.3

Teacher Instructions, Page 3

Detailed Lesson Plan Instructions 10. Complete Task Five: Kinetic & Potential Energy. **OPTIONAL** Before completing the activity, view the 2 minute youtube clip, Roller Coaster Science Energy, and the 2 minute clip of the Kinetic & Potential Energy Song. Guide students through filling in the notes on the first page of the task and discuss the different points on the roller coaster in reference to types of energy. Then, complete page 2 of Task Five and discuss answers using answer key. 11. Start Task Six: Creating a Bar Graph by having students fill in the information for the table on the first page. Then, guide them through creating a bar graph using pencil colors on the second page of Task Six. Be sure to follow instructions CAREFULLY so that the graph will fit properly on the paper. Check the answer key for one completed for your reference. 12. Construct the lapbooks using the instructions “How to Make a Lapbook” and the optional video clip demonstrating how to make this on the first page of the teacher instructions. 13. Once constructed, follow the instructions CAREFULLY for Task Seven: Make a Lapbook in order to piece together the roller coaster lapbooks. Photo examples are provided. 14. In case students finish early or you need additional activities, there is a crossword puzzle and word search, both with answer keys.

T.4 Task Four: Map That Coaster! Subject: Social Studies Skills: Map Skills, Marking Locations on a Map, Using a Map Scale Instructions: 1. Use “Screamin’ Roller Coasters” to find the city, state, and location within the state of each coaster. 2. Draw a star on the map to mark each roller coaster location. You do not need to label on the map. 3. Color the state containing each roller coaster a different color. Indicate that color in the key below and label it with the name of each roller coaster.. The first one is done for you. 4. Draw a simple house (rectangle + triangle) on the map to indicate the city where you live and write the name of the city next to the house in the key. 5. Use the map scale below to answer the questions. Use a straight line to find your answer.

500 miles (approximate) Map Key Desperado Nitro 1. Approximately how many miles is it from Superman: Krypton Intimidator Coaster to the Intimidator? ______1,200 mi Superman: Kryp Co Millennium 2. Which roller coaster is located furthest north? ______Force Phantom’s Revenge south? ______Kraken east? ______Nitro west? ______Goliath Milennium Force 3. Approximately how many miles is it from your home to the Kraken Millennium Force? ______(varies) Goliath 4. Approximately how many miles is it from your home to your Me favorite roller coaster? ______(varies) (favorite = ______)(varies) T.8 ©2013 erin cobb TaskSubject: Math Six: Skills: CreatingCreating a Bar Graph a Bar Graph.2 Roller Coaster Maximum Speeds

100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50

Speed (mph) 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Nitro Force Goliath Kraken Revenge Millennium Superman Phantom’s Intimidator Desperado

Credits:

USA Clipart by Nicholas Reitz http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/ Nicholas-Reitz

Various Clipart by Print Candee http://www.printcandee.com

Fonts by Kevin and Amanda http://www.kevinandamanda.com