The College of Engineering at Cal State Long Beach has its own model roller coaster, designed by a former student, that can provide real-life demonstrations of the laws of physics while its toy trains ...

With nothing but paper, tape, and a marble as a test vehicle, engineering students at Tyler ISD’s Career and Technology Center put their designs to the test, building roller coasters filled with loops ...

3D printing allows someone to, as the name suggests, print something 3D. This extraordinary type of printing has been used in several fields to create toys, puzzles and even things with practical uses ...

As he plummeted through the air, he was filled not with terror, but with wonder. Greenwood Community High School senior Charlie Jackson fondly remembers a seventh-grade trip to Kings Island. He sat in ...

Riverton Parke students in Jo Dee Biddle’s Advanced Placement calculus class is working on building scale model roller coasters for their first semester project, and they’re doing it in a competitive ...

Even uncaffeinated thrill ride fans may be drawn to SeaWorld Orlando’s new coffee shop. Its décor includes two operational models of the theme park’s Kraken and Mako roller coasters. The miniatures ...

Six Flags Magic Mountain was quietly laying out plans for an innovative new single rail roller coaster in 2021 just before the Valencia amusement park was shuttered by the coronavirus outbreak and its ...

What keeps roller coasters on the track and riders safely in their seats? This video explores roller coaster safety, the ...