Educational Fun with JOYLAND Amusement Park

JOYLAND Amusement Park, PO BOX 2262, Lubbock, TX 79408 www.JOYLANDPARK.com 806-763-2719

Introduction

The contents of this booklet are designed to provide a fun experience while students are engaging in distance learning at home - while possibly enhancing their knowledge in fun ways that relate to school subjects….and they can even get a reward* from JOYLAND when they are done �

This content is in no way provided to replace the curriculum provided by your school system. It is for entertainment purposes only.

If you have time to enjoy some of the activities provided, please bring your completed work to JOYLAND for a reward* once we are able to reopen.

We, at JOYLAND, hope you have fun with these activities and hope to see you as soon as everyone is able to come enjoy JOYLAND for themselves. *one reward per person.

ART YOU DESIGN the PARK

Select one of the following art projects on which to work:

1. Design a new ride that you would like to ride. What is its name?

2. Create a sign (billboard) that would advertise a new ride at JOYLAND.

3. Design uniforms for JOYLAND’s Team Members. (consider that Team Members will be in the heat. Also remember Team Members come in all shapes and sizes, so you want uniforms that are comfortable).

4. Create your own Amusement Park. What would you name it? (Remember to add restrooms, ticket booths, games, offices, break areas, food stands, storage, maintenance facilities…)

5. Design a food stand. How would you lay it out inside? How would you paint it outside? What food would you offer?

6. Design a new landscaping theme for JOYLAND.

ENGLISH WRITE about JOYLAND

Select one of the following writing projects and write a short paper. For some of the projects you may need to read through the HISTORY section on JOYLAND’s website www.JOYLANDPARK.com.

1. You were one of the first people to the ride the X-Factor when it opened at JOYLAND. Describe your experience.

2. Create an illustrated poetry book that goes along with each ride at JOYLAND.

3. You are a reporter and it is your job to write a short story about what JOYLAND was like when it started back in 1973 and what it is like today.

4. Pretend that you are the President of JOYLAND. What are your plans for the future of JOYLAND? What new rides would you add? How would you pay for them? Write a letter to the guests of JOYLAND describing the changes you would like to make.

5. Pretend you work at JOYLAND and operate your favorite ride. Write a story about your daily experiences here.

6. Write a story about the Grand Opening of JOYLAND.

MATH RIDE FACTS

Tilt-A-Whirl – 7 cars which hold 4 persons per car. Ride time is 2 minutes. Loading and unloading time takes a total of 4 minutes.

Galaxi – 2 cars per train which will hold 4 persons per car. Ride time is 1.5 minutes. Loading and unloading time takes a total of 4.5 minutes.

Carousel – 24 horses which will hold 1 person each and 1 chariot which will hold 4 persons. Ride time is 2 minutes. Loading and unloading time takes a total of 4 minutes.

Scrambler – 12 cars which hold 3 persons per car. Ride time is 2 minutes. Loading and unloading time takes a total of 4 minutes.

Vortex – 2 tubes with 1 raft per tube. Each raft will hold 2 persons. Ride time is .5 minutes (30 seconds). Loading and unloading time takes a total of 2.5 minutes.

Musik Express – 20 cars which hold 3 persons per car. Ride time is 2.5 minutes. Loading and unloading time takes a total of 3.5 minutes.

RIDE CAPACITY

If JOYLAND is open from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., how many people can ride the following rides in one day at maximum capacity? In one hour at maximum capacity?

One day One hour

Tilt-A-Whirl ______

Galaxi ______

Carousel ______

Scrambler ______

Vortex ______

Musik Express ______

Now, if JOYLAND is open for 100 days during the season from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m., how many people can ride the following rides at maximum capacity in one season?

Tilt-A-Whirl ______

Galaxi ______

Carousel ______

Scrambler ______

Vortex ______

Musik Express ______

There are two Team Members at the Vortex each shift and two shifts per day. One Team Member checks in at 2 p.m. and works until 6 p.m. and the other checks in at 3 p.m. and works until 6 p.m. Both evening Team Members check in at 6 p.m. but one goes home at 9 p.m. and one goes home at 10 p.m.

How many hours are all four Team Members at the ride each day?

______

How many hours do all four Team Members spend at the Vortex each week?

______

How many hours do all four Team Members spend at the Vortex in a 100-day season? ______

PSYCHOLOGY ARE YOU AFRAID?

Are you sometimes afraid to ride a ride for the first time? Part of the fun of riding a JOYLAND ride is the excitement and even a bit of fear that you feel. Which rides do you fear? Why? How does this affect your body? What can you do to control your fears?

1. Name a ride that you are afraid of: ______

2. Which of these symptoms do you feel when you ride the ride, or think about riding the ride?

______Dry mouth ______Sweaty hands ______Cold hands and feet ______Trembling ______Big eye pupils ______Fast breathing ______Stomach butterflies ______Pounding heartbeat ______Tense muscles

3. Now try to cure your fear by trying one of these methods. Check the one that made you feel less tense:

______Identify what seems to cause your fear (like seeing the Dare Devil Drop). Try to think of something besides your fear when you see the ride (like looking at the beautiful birds in the sky). ______Relax. Take a deep breath. Hold it for 7 seconds. Release the air slowly while thinking about something pleasant. Think about relaxing your muscles as you breathe. ______Gradually build up to the feared event (like riding the Log Ride or X-Factor before the Dare Devil Drop) ______Force yourself to feel the fear again and again until you’re much less afraid (like riding the Sandstorm over and over again until you are much less afraid). ______Ignore the fear by keeping your mind busy with other thoughts (like watching the motion and forces on the roller coaster instead of thinking about the feelings you might have).

4. Match the different types of fears that a person might feel when riding at JOYLAND:

a. Claustrophobia (confined spaces) ______Drop Tower

b. Demophobia (crowds) ______Musik Express

c. Barophobia (gravity) ______Entrance Gate

d. Acrophobia (heights) ______Sky Ride

e. Tachyphobia (high speeds) ______Vortex

f. Phonophobia (sounds) ______Carousel

g. Roundaphobia (circular rides) ______Galaxi

If you are afraid of a ride, you are not alone. Most people, however, find that once they ride a ride that they have been afraid of, they are no longer afraid of it…in fact, they are often surprised by how much fun it is!

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