Resources

How Stuff Works  - Roller Coasters

http://www.howstuffworks.com/roller-coaster.htm

An explanation of how roller coasters work.

Amusement Park Physics

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/

This website explains the forces behind the fun.

Funderstanding Roller Coater

http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/

This website has an applet that allows you to design and test a roller coaster.

Roller Coaster Physics

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Science/Physics/book/mostcalculations/home.html

This page has formulas that can be used to calculate the velocity.

Exploring Mathematics at Kennywood

http://www.kennywood.com/docs/2005ExploringMathematics.pdf

This file contains 25 activities and questions related to the rides at Kennywood. 

Simple Loan Payment Calculator

http://www.vlender.com/cgi-bin/calc/simple.cgi

The title means what it says.

FinAid - Loan Calculator

http://www.finaid.org/calculators/loanpayments.phtml

A simple calculator to help determine how much you will have to pay on your loan.

Exceltip.com

http://www.exceltip.com/st/Formulas_to_calculate_Loan_payments_in_Microsoft_Excel/301.html

This particular link will help you to use Excel to calculate loan payments.

Dorney Park - CoasterQuest

http://www.dorneypark.com/public/news/coasterquest/index.cfm

Math and Physics students take over the park, a number of activities are available for students of the different subjects.

Discovery Channel - Build Your Own Coaster

http://dsc.discovery.com/games/coasters/interactive.html

This interactive game, allows you to build a coaster and then test it.  Not exceedingly scientific, but amusing.

Books

Cook, N. (1998).  Roller coasters: Or I had so much fun, I almost puked. Carolrhoda Books.

Schafer, M., & Rutherford, S. (1998). Roller coasters. MBI Publishing.