Building And Launching Trebuchets

Young engineers work in teams to design and build their own trebuchets according to certain criteria; they must be able to launch a mini marshmallow accurately into a pie tin. Background reading material, a planning sheet for trebuchet...

Take your class on the ride of their lives! Physical science scholars get an in-depth look at potential and kinetic energies in an amusement park-themed unit. Students research, design, and promote their own amusement parks, complete...

Students investigate the best design using technology. In this science lesson plan, students construct a freestanding object with specific materials to be able to shoot a ping pong ball and a marshmallow. They have to adjust and discuss...

Seventh graders complete a challenge to create a catapult that projects a marble or other projectile at least one meter. While experimenting they apply the Four Question Strategy to answer the question, " How can I make one modification...

What a creative way to introduce the Law of Conservation of Energy! Learners create a medieval weapon called a trebuchet in order to explore the concept of kinetic energy and potential energy. There are worksheets, resource links, and...

Young scholars read a news article about the creation of a catapult that will throw pumpkins. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion of catapults and a vocabulary activity, then students read...

Studens construct their own catapult. In this history of catapults lesson, students work in groups to make their own model of a catapult. Students use physics vocabulary terms explain how the catapult works. Students test the catapults...

Students participate in an experiment to determine how a trebuchet can be used to explain kinetic energy, potential energy and the Law of Conservation of Energy. Students use a computerized simulation game to practice building and firing...

Students create catapults to explore force and motion. In this mechanical physics lesson, students design, construct, and operate a catapult that sends marshmallows through the air. 

Fifth graders discover the importance of measurement accuracy by participating in a catapult-building activity. they complete several worksheets and organizers related to their projects. Students complete a series of launches and...