- Includes worksheets for seven rides
- Two weeks of classroom activities that reinforce the skills needed
for data collection
- Activities and background material make a NASA connection to the rides
- Answer keys, tests, trip planning forms, and more
Educator's Workshop
- Introduction to the Amusement Park Physics Educator's Guide
- Illustrate how an amusement park experience can assist in teaching
physics concepts
- Hands-on activities for use in classrooms
- Introduce educator's to NASA resources for amusement park physics
The Educator's Guide is available in pdf format:
A NASA educators guide for amusement park physics has been prepared for grades 7-9. A file in Acrobat format (PDF) of the Amusement Park Physics with a NASA Twist is available for download. The file size is about 1.9 MB so it may take a little time to download.
If you need a little bit more information about it before downloading the file, here are some sections of the guide (in small files):
The guide contains these major sections:
- Introduction
- Correlation to National Education Standards
- Background
- Basic Skills
- Classroom Activities
- NASA Connection
- Ride Work Book (including worksheets for non-attending students)
Sample worksheet and a sample worksheet for non-attending students.
- Answer Keys
- Tests (including pre-test and post-test)
- Forms and Extra Material
- Resource List
and Accessibility Certification