Sunset Students Experience Forces and Motion

GREENOUGH – Sunset School students competed in Silverwood's Physics Day Roller Coaster contest May 18. They were one of 30 teams with students from junior high to high school age.

This was the first time Sunset School competed in the event at the theme park in Athol, Idaho. Sunset School teacher Toni Hatten said they saw the Physics Day in a brochure they received and she thought it would be a great extension to their Forces and Motion Unit.

Lucas Nygard, Reagan Fox, Hanarose Groom, and Isaac Morse designed and constructed a roller coaster within the guideline rules using non-kit materials in...