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• What is gravity, and how does it work?
• Try a virtual experiment about potential energy
• What are G forces?
• Go into free fall - what is it, really?
• Zoom into bumper car physics
• Read up on Newton's laws of motion
• Don't just sit there - find out more about inertia
• Try three different virtual experiments about momentum
• Play with a virtual Newton 's cradle
• Here's more about centripetal force - an animated carousel
• All sorts of information about energy and the conservation of energy
• Get into the swing of pendulum physics
• Make your own electromagnet

• Buckets and marbles

Zoom into more theme park science information with these websites:

• Even roller coasters conserve energy
• See how a Canadian school investigated amusement park science
• See the equation that describes centripetal force
• More free fall physics
• Read about microgravity
• See the equation that describes a pendulum's motion
• Get an insight into how a basic (mobile) roller coaster works
• A tutorial on free fall, gravity and air resistance
• Try these free fall activities at home
• Play the pendulum game or try this virtual pendulum or this one
• How does that bucket of water experiment work?
• Virtually visit Luna Park in Sydney and Melbourne
• Explore the Lethal Weapon Ride at Warner Bros Movie World
• Explore the Giant Drop, the Claw and the Tower of Terror at Dreamworld
• Virtually visit water coasters at Wet'n'Wild Water World

Want more roller coaster science action? Try these science activities from CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club:

• Experiment with gravity
• Explore rotational inertia

• Dr Rob
• Dominique Burgess, education executive
• Joel Gilmore, physicist, University of Queensland
• Andrew Keir, physicist, Queensland University of Technology
• Chris Krishna-Pillay, CSIRO
• Nathan Langford, physicist, University of Queensland
• Jenny Riesz, physicist, University of Queensland
• Mim Smith, CSIRO
• Cavin Talbot, physicist, University of Queensland