History Students Under Siege

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].”