Bobsleigh Marble Run Challenge - Winter Olympics STEM
Emma Vanstone
Bobsleigh is one of the most exciting winter Olympic events. It's fast, requires incredible precision on the turns and a huge amount of power to launch. This activity uses a marble run to explore the physics of bobsleighs!
Bobsleigh athletes want to maintain as much energy as possible as they ride the track, so they try to lose as little energy to friction as they can. If the ice is soft or the blades on the bottom of the bobsleigh are rough there's more friction between ths ice and sled...