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Catapults

These are resources for our catapults unit. Thanks to Amy Loeffelholz for sharing these lesson resources. More photos from our September 2014 catapult lessons are available. View September 11-12, 2014 iesSTEM Catapult Launch Results.

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Websites

  1. Catapults - WikiPedia
  2. Catapult Images (Google)
Some favorite designs (with images linked to source websites)
http://imgarcade.com/1/catapult-design-popsicle-sticks/

Group Sheets

  1. Budget and STEM Store Shopping List
  2. Catapult Research Information
  3. Unit Outline (for teachers)

Videos (available in a YouTube playlist)

Olive Using Her New Catapult (from "Dog-powered catapults will forever change playing fetch")

Punkin Chunkin- Catapults


The Physics of "Punkin Chunkin"

Thanks to Jessica Malloy for sharing ideas for the above videos as a Twitter reply to my call for help!







Check out this playlist of Catapult videos for more.

From Fall 2014:
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