1. Research Question: How do the sudden shifts in a rollercoaster’s gravitational acceleration affect heart rate? Karolina Buczek D’Arcy Hearn Mairin O’Connor Dan Pratt Carla Sigona Yalan Wu

3. Nitro: Fast Facts 66 degrees Angle of Descent 215 ft Drop 7 camelbacks, 1 hammer head, 1 S-curve, 1 highly-banked double helix Additional Information Spring 2001 Introduced 230 ft Maximum Height 3 trains/36 riders each Capacity 3 minutes Duration 5394 ft (1+ mile) Length 80 mph Top Speed Thrill Ride Category

11. Data 101 163 69 After 110 105 110 After 112 120 115 After 106 134 127 After 88 102 126 After Before Before Before Before Before 97 101 99 85 121 Mairin O’Connor 100 102 110 105 108 Katie Moscowitch 103 97 96 123 87 Karolina Buczek Trial 5 Trial 4 Trial 3 Trial 2 Trial 1 Test Subjects Heart Rate (Beats Per Minute ±5 BPM)

16. Data 3 Bend in turn and drop (11) 1 Dip (6) 0 Third uphill (7) 4 Third downhill (8) 1 Dip 2 (9) 0 Fourth uphill (first turn) (10) 0 First uphill (2) 3 Second downhill (5) 2 Second uphill (4) 4 First downhill (3) 1 Plateau (1) Gravitational acceleration (g; 1g=9.81m/s²) ± 0.5g Section of Ride

17. 1 Tenth downhill (26) 0 Tenth Uphill (25) 2 Ninth Downhill (24) 0 Ninth uphill (23) 2 Eighth Downhill (22) 0 Eighth Uphill (21) 2 Seventh downhill (20) 0 Seventh uphill (19) 2 Sixth Downhill (18) 1 Third Plateau (17) 3 Turn & downhill (16) 1 Uphill (15) 2 Fifth downhill (14) 0 Fifth Uphill (13) 1 Second Plateau (12)

20. Average Heart Rate Versus Average Gravitational Acceleration 13.58 9.81 103.4 100.6 Mairin O’Connor 13.58 9.81 124.8 105 Katie Moscowitch 13.58 9.81 109.4 101.2 Karolina Buczek During Before After Before Average Gravitational Acceleration (m/s²) Average Heart Rate (Beats Per Minute ±5 BPM) Test Subjects

30. Carla’s First Roller Coaster Ride