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To increase excitement and participation at school events, the class has been asked to design trebuchets to launch t-shirts and prizes to the crowds. Discover projectile motion and have students research the medieval period and heraldry.
The students attend a school where the mascot is the medieval knight. To increase excitement and participation at school events, the class has been asked to design trebuchets to launch t-shirts and prizes to the crowds. In addition to learning the fundamental principals related to trebuchets and projectile motion, students research the medieval period and heraldry. The engineering design process is used as a guide for this module. This kit contains enough materials for 10 students working in teams of two.
Materials in this kit include: garbage bags, cloth scraps, dowel rods, foam board, string, and masking tape.
Students will design a vessel that represents supplies being dropped to refugees. Apply concepts of potential energy, kinetic energy, motion, gravity, velocity, drag, and the Law of Conservation of Energy while also taking into consideration the cost of building and shipping the vessels.