Activities
Grades K3
Have students colour these pages and then create an amusement park mural.
carousel
http://www.abcteach.com/Activities/carousel.htm
carnival_carousel
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/gif/color/carnival_carousel.gif
carnival_ferris
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/gif/color/carnival_ferris.gif
number carousel
http://www.familycorner.com/family/kids/color/number_carousel.shtml
carnival game
http://www.familycorner.com/family/kids/color/carnival_games.shtml
Grades 18: Language Arts
Students can send their family and friends fun postcards showing wild
rides and historic scenes.
The
American Experience | Coney Island | Special Features: Postcards
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/coney/sfeature/postcards.html
Send A Postcard, Postcards, Fun Online, Cedar Point
http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun_online/NEWPostcards/postcard.cfm
Grades 24
Students can create a virtual carousel, at home or at school. Have them
colour these horses, then write a name underneath and describe what it is
like to ride the horse. Paste the pictures onto a piece of posterboard to
create a carousel.
Print
Version (Carousel Horse 1)
http://www.stuckinside.com/php/printit2.php3?Name=chorse01
Print
Version (Carousel Horse 2)
http://www.stuckinside.com/php/printit2.php3?Name=chorse02
Print
Version (Carousel Horse 3)
http://www.stuckinside.com/php/printit2.php3?Name=chorse03
Print
Version (Carousel Horse 4)
http://www.stuckinside.com/php/printit2.php3?Name=chorse04
Print
Version (Carousel Horse 5)
http://www.stuckinside.com/php/printit2.php3?Name=chorse05
Grades 25
Can't get to an amusement park? Well, there are plenty of online arcade
games for students to play, such as Food Fight, where kids help Flik save
his food from the grasshoppers.
Disney.com
- Kid's Island - Games - Flik's Food Fight
http://disney.go.com/games/fliksfoodfight/index.html
Grades 28: Language Arts
Have students find amusement-park-related words hidden in a puzzle.
Amusement Parks (grades 23) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/july/pdf/parks_easy_wf.pdf
Amusement Parks Answer Key (grades 23) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/july/pdf/parks_easy_wf_key.pdf
Amusement Parks (grades 48) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/july/pdf/parks_hard_wf.pdf
Amusement Parks Answer Key (grades 48) (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/july/pdf/parks_hard_wf_key.pdf
Grades 38: Language Arts
Have students design an advertising brochure for their favourite amusement
park. Students can include pictures and information that would convince
someone to visit the park.
Joyrides - Amusement Park and Roller
Coaster Photos
http://www.joyrides.com/
Grades 48: Science
Students can design their own virtual roller coaster and watch it loop the
loops.
Funderstanding Roller
Coaster
http://www.Funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/
Grades 48: Science
Have students design their own conceptual roller coaster, using the
physics concepts that are used to design real coasters.
Design a
Roller Coaster
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/
Grades 48: Science
Have students predict the outcome of bumper collisions after learning
about Isaac Newton's second and third laws of motion.
Amusement Park Physics Bumper Cars
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/bumpcars.html
Grades 68: Mathematics
Have your students use data about roller coasters from around the world to
create a bar graph that compares two or three features of five different
roller coasters.
rcdb - Record Holders Report
http://www.rcdb.com/recordholders.htm?type=0&statistic=0&continent=0&s=Report
Grades 68: Science
Have students test their knowledge of the natural forces behind the
thrills in an amusement park.
MIDWAY PAGE
http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/startmid.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0418
Grades 68
Have students assemble a challenging puzzle of an amusement park in 1902.
Remember When? Picture Memory Game, Fun Online, Cedar Point
http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun_online/remember_mem/index.cfm
Grades 78: Language Arts
Have students test their knowledge of amusement parks.
Amusement Parks (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/july/pdf/parks_xword.pdf
Amusement Parks Answer Key (PDF file)
http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/july/pdf/parks_xword_key.pdf
Grades 78: Science
Put students into the role of roller coaster designers and see if they
make the right choices to create a coaster thrill ride.
iFairground - Science > Design a Coaster
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002926/science/design1.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0419
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