Amusement Park Physics

This site explains how roller coasters work and has an interactive feature that lets you design your own coaster.

Physics of Amusement Parks

This Thinkquest site, designed by students, tackles the physics principles used in the design of coasters and other rides.

Roller Coaster Physics

This Encyclopedia Britannica site gives detailed descriptions of physics principles in the design of roller coasters.

Roller Coaster Database

You can search this current coaster database by name of ride or by amusement park.  It also has information about roller coaster records.

Roller Coaster Models

This site features amazing models of roller coasters built by fanatic John A Hunt.  Check out his advice and guidelines on building your own model!

Roller Coasters

This site from Encyclopedia Britannica features the history of roller coasters. It is very interesting to see what the first rides were like.

Discovery Channel Interactives: Build a Coaster

This site lets you build your own coaster and then rates it with a Fear-o-meter.

CoasterQuest.com - The Best Place to Learn about Roller Coasters and Amusement Rides!

This is a great site for coaster fans and researchers alike.

Funderstanding Roller Coaster

This site gives you a mission: to design a coaster so that you can achieve maximum thrills and chills without crashing or flying off the track.

Cedar Point Amusement Park, The Roller Coaster Capital of the World!

This awesome theme park has 17 coasters--more than any other park in the world!
 

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