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CATAPULTS OBJECTIVE:
CREATE AND UTILIZE A CATAPULT TO ANALYZE PROJECTILE MOTION.
INSTRUCTIONS:
EACH PAIR OF STUDENTS WILL BUILD AND USE A CATAPULT TO PROPEL A LARGE EGG OVER A WALL, ONE METER IN HEIGHT. THE CATAPULT MAY BE NO CLOSER THAN ONE AND A HALF METERS FROM THE WALL.
SPECIFICATIONS:
EACH CATAPULT MAY HAVE A MASS NO
GREATER THAN ONE KILOGRAM AND A HEIGHT NO MORE THAN
ONE-HALF METER. CATAPULTS ARE RESTRICTED TO THE USE OF A
LEVER-ARM DESIGN ACCELERATED FORWARD BY A RESTORING
FORCE.
RANKING: TO RANK STUDENTS MUST PROPEL
THE EGG OVER THE WALL SAFELY. CATAPULTS WILL BE RANKED
USING A RATIO OF DISTANCE IN CENTIMETERS TO WEIGHT OF
DEVICE IN KILOGRAMS.
Displayed below are the Catapults designed and built by
Mr. Lewis Physics Class at WCHS.
[ Catapults 2001 ]
