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STEM Curriculum Resources by Dr. Wesley Fryer
  • Home
    • About
    • AudioBoo to KidBlog
    • Books
    • Building Challenge
    • Calendar
    • Cantilever Spans
    • Catapults
    • Code.org
    • Construction Design Intro
    • Contests
    • Curiosity Links
    • Engineering Design Challenges
    • Interactive Writing
      • 4th Grade 2014-15
      • 4th Grade Fall 2013
      • 4th Grade Spring 2014
      • 5th Grade 2014-15
      • 5th Grade Fall 2013
      • 5th Grade Spring 2014
      • Other Blogs
    • iPad Apps & Tips
    • iPad Blogging
    • iPad Coding
    • Kitchen Chemistry
      • Color Changing Milk
      • Dry Ice Fun
      • Elephant Toothpaste
      • Explosive Pringles
      • Mentos Geyser
      • Sinking Soda Surprise
      • Soap Souffle
      • Taco Sauce Penny Cleaner
    • Lego Robotics
    • Maker Studio
      • Green Screen Project
      • Lego Stopmotion
      • MinecraftEDU Collaborative Build
      • Musical Creations
      • Rube Goldberg Projects
      • Sphero Ball Maze
    • Makers Club
    • Makey Makey
    • MinecraftEDU
      • MinecraftEDU Breakout Challenge
      • MinecraftEDU House Spanish Labeling Challenge
      • MinecraftEDU Redstone Engineering Challenge
      • MinecraftEDU Treehouse Challenge
    • Other Stuff
      • Our AudioBoos
      • Nominate or Flag
      • Other Media
    • Paper Airplane Flight Basics
    • Prosthetics
    • Science & Technology of Sound & Music
      • Center 1: The Scientific Power of Music
      • Center 2: Measuring Sound with iPads
      • Center 3: Tuning Fork Sounds
      • Center 4: Waterphone
      • Center 5: Sound Through String and Wire
      • Center 6: Boomwhackers
      • Center 7 - Sound Energy
      • Center 8: How Sound is Made
      • Center 9: Step Sequencer
    • Scratch
      • Challenges
    • Videos
    • Visual Notes and Dreaming BIG
    • Water Bottle Rockets
    • YouTube
      • Alternate YouTube Publishing Workflow
  • Jan 8
  • Jan 7
  • Photos
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        • 4th Grade 2014-15
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        • 5th Grade 2014-15
        • 5th Grade Fall 2013
        • 5th Grade Spring 2014
        • Other Blogs
      • iPad Apps & Tips
      • iPad Blogging
      • iPad Coding
      • Kitchen Chemistry
        • Color Changing Milk
        • Dry Ice Fun
        • Elephant Toothpaste
        • Explosive Pringles
        • Mentos Geyser
        • Sinking Soda Surprise
        • Soap Souffle
        • Taco Sauce Penny Cleaner
      • Lego Robotics
      • Maker Studio
        • Green Screen Project
        • Lego Stopmotion
        • MinecraftEDU Collaborative Build
        • Musical Creations
        • Rube Goldberg Projects
        • Sphero Ball Maze
      • Makers Club
      • Makey Makey
      • MinecraftEDU
        • MinecraftEDU Breakout Challenge
        • MinecraftEDU House Spanish Labeling Challenge
        • MinecraftEDU Redstone Engineering Challenge
        • MinecraftEDU Treehouse Challenge
      • Other Stuff
        • Our AudioBoos
        • Nominate or Flag
        • Other Media
      • Paper Airplane Flight Basics
      • Prosthetics
      • Science & Technology of Sound & Music
        • Center 1: The Scientific Power of Music
        • Center 2: Measuring Sound with iPads
        • Center 3: Tuning Fork Sounds
        • Center 4: Waterphone
        • Center 5: Sound Through String and Wire
        • Center 6: Boomwhackers
        • Center 7 - Sound Energy
        • Center 8: How Sound is Made
        • Center 9: Step Sequencer
      • Scratch
        • Challenges
      • Videos
      • Visual Notes and Dreaming BIG
      • Water Bottle Rockets
      • YouTube
        • Alternate YouTube Publishing Workflow
    • Jan 8
    • Jan 7
    • Photos

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)

Group Sheets

  1. Budget and STEM Store Shopping List

  2. Catapult Research Information

    1. 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.

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