History Students Under Siege
Written by Dylan Lu 9/30/19
History Students Under Siege
By Dylan Lu | 9/30/19
Mr. Bost’s ninth-grade history class designed catapults over the course of the last month to launch tennis balls behind the school.
This activity was done to teach students about siege engineering which includes an introduction into more siege weaponry as well as siege defenses used in history.
Fifth-period student Lucas Blum, along with his partner, Riley Fry, created the catapult that launched the furthest tennis ball at 157.3 feet. Blum stated, “I was inspired by medieval catapults that I saw online. I feel ecstatic about that [the distance of their launch].”
Photo gallery
Teacher Chris Bost measures the distance of launched ball from the catapult. (photo by Kristen Hogue)
Student prepares to launch (photo by Kristen Hogue)
Launching the catapult proves to be quite the effort with this structure (photo by Kristen Hogue)
Creative mini structure launches ball a short distance (photo by Kristen Hogue)
Students prepare the rugged catapult to launch (photo by Kristen Hogue)
Catapulting is a team effort (photo by Gabe Dresbach)
Students get creative with their catapult (photo by Jacob Umstead)
Historically realistic catapult does not disappoint (photo by Jacob Umstead)
Students have a blast while firing balls from their catapults (photo by Jacob Umstead)