Amusement Park Camp


Welcome!

Design a roller-coaster and become an amusement park engineer. Campers examine the physics of carnival rides and create their own game for the Midway – it's science for the carnival crowd!

Meet your instructor

Hi! My name is Hannah Evans and I am so excited to be your virtual camp instructor! I currently am a full-time certified STEM teacher during the school year for grades 4th-8th. I have also been working as an informal educator for science museums for the last 7 years. In my free time I love to hike, take Zumba classes, read, play video games, and travel!

You can reach Miss Hannah at: evansh@azscience.org.

Day 1

Have you ever gone around a fast curve while riding in a car? What about riding on a Pirate Ship?

Day 2

What comes up must come down and if something tips one way down it will go. How important is Balance to and Amusement Park?

Day 3

Amusement Park games can be hard to win but what if you can learn how to beat it? Then can you design and build a game?

Day 4

What is Energy? How can we use energy to make a rollercoaster more fun?

Day 5

Engineers need to understand motion and momentum when they design equipment. Now what will you create?