Eighth-grade engineering students uses physics principles to build marble roller coasters at Pleasantville Middle School in Westchester County, NY.

Fourth- and fifth-graders from 23 Newport News elementary schools built roller coasters Friday with the help of an expert: Busch Gardens. Teams of students constructed ramps for marbles to travel down ...

CHARLESTON — Building a roller coaster is a “huge deal,” and the biggest challenge is turning a design into the real thing, Cameron Baer says. The Charleston Middle School eighth-grader was one of ...

WALKER, Mich. — Students at Kenowa Hills Middle School hosted their paper roller coaster showcase on Friday. The showcase was the first of its kind since STEM teacher Steve Feutz started the project.

Kathy Sinn’s sixth-graders at Grover Hill Elementary recently shared their completed roller coasters with the staff, their parents and the student body. They met the challenge of designing, creating, ...

A marble rolled down a slide and into a funnel, where it spun and slid until it went through a miniature basketball net. Using a marble as one of their tools, Holy Family Grade School students were ...

Hands-on learning experiences beyond the classroom can help take their creative and curious minds to the next level. From creating your own iPad sleeve to building a marble roller coaster DIY or “Do ...

ROCK FALLS, Ill. (AP) - No angles went uninspected. All funnels were fully affixed. Loop-de-loops were secured. Meanwhile, students put the finishing creative touches on their roller-coasters Jan. 6 ...