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    Mandi Kohl wrote a report on building and testing a catapult. She learned about the history of catapults dating back to ancient times and how designs have evolved over centuries. For her project, she built a catapult out of popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a spoon, testing different launch angles and distances. Her catapult did not shoot far enough due to not using strong enough rubber bands or glue. She concluded that thicker rubber bands would have provided more power to reach longer distances.

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    Mandi Kohl wrote a report on building and testing a catapult. She learned about the history of catapults dating back to ancient times and how designs have evolved over centuries. For her project, she built a catapult out of popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a spoon, testing different launch angles and distances. Her catapult did not shoot far enough due to not using strong enough rubber bands or glue. She concluded that thicker rubber bands would have provided more power to reach longer distances.

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    Mandi Kohl wrote a report on building and testing a catapult. She learned about the history of catapults dating back to ancient times and how designs have evolved over centuries. For her project, she built a catapult out of popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a spoon, testing different launch angles and distances. Her catapult did not shoot far enough due to not using strong enough rubber bands or glue. She concluded that thicker rubber bands would have provided more power to reach longer distances.

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    Mandi Kohl

    Ms. Goodwin

    Conceptual Physics

    12/15/17

    Introduction

    My objective in this project is to learn more about projectiles and catapults since I have always

    been interested in this topic and never got to learn about them. The marshmallow must travel 5 to 10

    meters, so the design must be capable to shoot that distance. To be able to make a working catapult that

    would shoot that far, I should know the best design for a catapult. This means I have should have

    knowledge behind previous catapult designs that could shoot as far as 5 to 10 meters.

    Through the research I did, I learned that the history of catapults can be traced as far back as the

    8th- 7th centuries BC. Today’s catapults are more detailed, but their objective remains the same which is to

    project an object in the air to hit a target. It first started around the 300s A.D. the creators of the design of

    the catapult were engineers that worked for Phillip of Macedonia. Their design included two wooden

    arms, tightly pulled ropes and a chord to hurl the object at the target.

    The next design of the catapult was in the 12th century, France came up with the idea of the

    trebuchet. It was much more powerful than designs before. It consisted of a long wooden arm that rested

    on a pivot area that acted as a larger lever, to hit their enemies/targets.

    For my design I had a youtube video guide me. I used popsicle sticks, two rubber bands, and a

    plastic spoon. In the video they used smaller popsicle sticks and less glue, and I used thicker popsicle

    sticks and a lot more glue. My catapult did not have that much power I did not have enough rubber bands

    and I did not tighten them enough for the marshmallow to go a far distance.
    Data Analysis

    Distance(x) Time Vx Vy Vi

    7m 1.45 s 4.21m/s 8.6 m/s 9.17 m/s

    3m 1.23 s 5.34m/s 6.12 m/s 8.38 m/s

    2m 1.15 s 2.65m/s 10.45 m/s 10.76 m/s

    Conclusion

    I learned from this project is that the size of the rubber bands I used were important. I found this

    out because if I would’ve used thicker rubber bands then I would have had more distance while shooting

    my catapult. Going into this project, I knew that the distance depended on what angle the catapult was at.

    Some real-life examples that use the same principles in this project include playing basketball,

    golf, baseball, and softball. Most examples are from sports because they need to be able to reach a target

    from different areas.

    If I did this project again then I would change a lot of things. One of things would be using a

    stronger glue such as super glue. I would change the glue because when it came time for the project it

    instantly snapped, and it did not work as good. Another thing I would change would be the rubber bands

    because needed more tension on the spoon for it to launch. Overall this was a great project because I

    enjoyed making the catapult and see it progress and eventually launch.

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