Roller Coaster Overview:

You can design a roller coaster with the MathTrax roller coaster game!

Begin your design by experimenting with the track design and how a roller coaster works. Things like the shape of the track, where the car starts from, how fast it's going when it starts and the forces of friction and gravity are important things to think about when you design a roller coaster.

The object of the game is to get the roller coaster car (represented by the red ball) from its starting position on the left side of the graph to the end of the roller coaster track on the right side.

Here's How:

First, create the track by typing an equation or selecting an equation from the drop down menu. You can tweak the shape of the track by changing the equation parameters.

Then you can set other conditions like where the car starts from, it's starting speed and the friction and gravity forces that act upon the car.  You can change these conditions over and over to see how it works.

Once you're satisfied with your track, click the "Start Roller Coaster" button and see if your car makes it to the end of the track.

When you start the roller coaster, you'll hear its movement along the track! Then you can read about what happened in the description of the results! Have fun!

If you're using a screen-reader with MathTrax, you can first figure out what the track looks like by reading the text description and using the sound controls, just like you may have done in the Equations part of MathTrax. Then set your values, and start the roller coaster!