At this year's Fall Festival we will be having a Backyard Ballistics contest. We decided to pick a specific project to build, which is the "Marshmallow Catapult".
Contest Rules
1. Make a catapult as simple or as complex as you desire, using everyday materials found at home. Please don't purchase a ready-made catapult kit.
2. Design your catapult to fling a "regular" size marshmallow, regular being the type you use to roast at a campfire.
3. A prize will be awarded to the builders of the catapult that can fling a marshmallow the farthest.
The backyard ballistics contest will be held after dinner at the Fall Festival on Saturday, October 11th. All contest marshmallows will be supplied by the Fall Festival planning committee.
Building a catapult is a great opportunity for your family to learn about: physics, engineering, and the warfare equipment used during the middle ages. If you don't know how to build a marshmallow catapult, you're not alone. Luckily, there are tons of designs available on the internet.
Here's some links to get you started:
http://www.knightforhire.com/catapult.htm
http://www.diylife.com/2008/06/02/make-a-marshmallow-catapult/
http://mainelearns.org/region6/catapult.html
Best of luck to everyone and may the best "marshmallow flinger" win!!
Contest Rules
1. Make a catapult as simple or as complex as you desire, using everyday materials found at home. Please don't purchase a ready-made catapult kit.
2. Design your catapult to fling a "regular" size marshmallow, regular being the type you use to roast at a campfire.
3. A prize will be awarded to the builders of the catapult that can fling a marshmallow the farthest.
The backyard ballistics contest will be held after dinner at the Fall Festival on Saturday, October 11th. All contest marshmallows will be supplied by the Fall Festival planning committee.
Building a catapult is a great opportunity for your family to learn about: physics, engineering, and the warfare equipment used during the middle ages. If you don't know how to build a marshmallow catapult, you're not alone. Luckily, there are tons of designs available on the internet.
Here's some links to get you started:
http://www.knightforhire.com/catapult.htm
http://www.diylife.com/2008/06/02/make-a-marshmallow-catapult/
http://mainelearns.org/region6/catapult.html
Best of luck to everyone and may the best "marshmallow flinger" win!!
1 comment:
Are slingshot catapults allowed?
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