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King of Fling Challenge
King of Fling Challenge
The Challenge: Who can fling a tennis ball the farthest using the materials provided in the set amount of time?
The Challenge: Who can fling a tennis ball the farthest using the materials provided in the set amount of time?
Sample Promotion or Kick for the Event
Sample Promotion or Kick for the Event
Come Join The Fun!
Come Join The Fun!
Come join the fun! We are hosting our first annual King of Fling. This is a great activity for families, students, staff, and the community to design an ancient engineering device such as a catapult or trebuchet to see who can launch an object the farthest.
This is designed to have fun in engineering and problem solving. Here is how the schedule works
Total Time: 3 Hours
1. Pick Up Materials
2. Sketch out a Plan
3. Build
4. Test!
Materials
Materials
Here is a list of materials for you to build on the day of the event. These are included in your kit and you will have to build with these constraints!
PVC
- 20 foot of 3/4 inch PVC
- 4 foot 1 inch PVC
- 10 T Shape PVC pieces
- 8 45 degree PVC pieces
- 1 1inch cross PVC
- 1 inch PVC cap
- 4 ft x 1ft PVC
Non PVC
- Hanger
- Duct Tape
- PVC Glue
- String
- Object to launch
Tools will be provided such as miter saw and box, pvc cutters, tape measure, glue, duct tape, safety glasses, etc.
Depending on what you construct we will use human power to power your device.
The Discovery of Learning
The Discovery of Learning
Hack The Classroom
Hack The Classroom
Modification of Catapult
Modification of Catapult
Ancient Engineering Mixtape
Ancient Engineering Mixtape
This is how I would structure this project if I were teaching in classroom.
This includes the
- Tic Tac Catapult
- PITSCO Catapult
- PVC King of Fling
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
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