When science and Christmas collide

MEEKER | The freshman physical science class at Meeker High School put together their annual roller coaster project.
According to science instructor Michelle Selle, the project is a cross-curriculum activity that allows students to combine artistic and technical skills, math, writing and science.
“Their goal was to minimize energy loss by minimizing how much energy was transferred out as sound, thermal and kinetic (to movement on the track). They calculated their gravitational potential energy (stored…