This activity simulates using the trebuchet in a battle. As trebuchet engineers, you will use scientific principles and collect data to configure the trebuchet to launch a clay ball into a bucket.
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Pitsco’s Catapults activity is a flinging good time. Students construct the model catapult with a little glue, and a rubber band-powered catapult is made. Clay balls are shaped and weighed with varying masses and launched to achieve different ranges.
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Brainstorm ideas to make the catapult mobile and design a sketch that shows modifications to the catapult that could be used for transportation purposes.
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Pitsco’s Trebuchets activity provides students the opportunity to predict results. Students build a trebuchet and launch clay balls onto a piece of paper, and the range is recorded. Even numbers of washers are added, and three trials are done and averaged. Students then predict the range of an . . .
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