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Safely and Accurately

Catapult a Ball

to Hit a Target

A Team Exercise

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Working in teams:

- using recycled materials

- paper

- nuts and bolts

- elastic bands

- string

- sticky tape

- balls

- etc.

You will Design, Make and Test a device

for throwing a ball at a target.

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Programme:

Design the catapult

Cost the design

Make and test the design

Test the product

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Programme:

Design the catapult - 20 min.

Request funding - 10 min

Make and test the design - 60 min.

Demonstrate and test - 3 min. each

the product

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Teams will be judged on:

- your design 50 points

- your budget 50 points

- your score 81 points- cost v budget -1 point per Faraday

underspend or

overspend- innovation 50, 30, 10 points

Maximum 181 Points

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Catapults and Slings date back

many thousands of years

David slaying Goliath in the Christian Bible,

Jewish Torah and Isamic Qur’an

Siege Weapons use by the Romans

the Onager and the Trebuchet

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Weighted

Catapult

or

Onager

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Sprung

Catapult

or

Onager

Image of a model kit from

www.RLT.com

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Roman

Trebuchet

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Image of a model kit from www.RLT.com

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Demonstrate and Test

Table Target

Ball

Catapult

2-3 metres1

2

2

3

5

3

4

3

4

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Faraday Money

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Also you will have:

- A Plastic Bottle (e.g. for Water)

- Hole Punches

- Scissors

- Pencils

- Dowel for rolling paper tubes

- F araday Money

Faraday Money

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Each team can buy:

- nuts and bolts - F 25 for 20

- string - F 10 per metre

- elastic bands - F 10 for 10

- sticky tape - F 25 per reel

- paper clips - F 5 per 10

Faraday Money

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Timing:





the product

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underspend or


Maximum 181 Points

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Each team will be given

F Faraday Money to spend

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Budget Planning

Item Quantityto make the

Design

F Faradays

Per Qty

F Faradays

Required

Paper Sheets F 5 per 20 sheets

Recycled Free Free

Nuts and Bolts F 25 per 20 F

Elastic Bands F 10 per 10 F

String F 10 per metre F

Sticky Tape F 25 per reel F

Paper Clips F 5 per 10

F Sub Total F

Contingency % F

F Total F

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Bottle

Fill with

Water to

Adjust

Range

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Elastic

Bands

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Some Ideas for Construction

Folded Paper

Folded Paper

L-Shaped

Tube

Roll Round a

Dowel

& Stick

With Tape

Punch Holes

You may have some other ideas

For extra strength use more than one sheet

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Use the

dowels to

roll up the

paper and

glue the

final turn

You can roll

up the paper

longways or

widthways

and also cut

the roll to size

Use a hole

punch to

make the

holes for the

bolts and nuts

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Secure with Nuts and Bolts

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Some More Ideas

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Another Idea

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Secure with Nuts and Bolts

Use paper sheet to

make shape rigid

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Budget Planning


Design

F Faradays

Per Qty

F Faradays

Required


Other Recycled Free Free






F Sub Total F

Contingency % F

F Total F

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Stage:

Design the catapult - 20 min




the product

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Budget Planning


Design

F Faradays

Per Qty

F Faradays

Required


Other Recycled Free Free






F Sub Total F

Contingency % F

F Total F

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Stage:





the product

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Stage:



Make and test the design - 60 min


the product

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Demonstrate and Test

Table Target

Ball

Catapult

2-3 metres1

2

2

3

5

3

4

3

4

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underspend or


Maximum 181 Points

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Innovation

You are the judges

Pick top 3 most innovative

Score them 1st, 2nd, 3rd

for 50, 30 and 10 additional points

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We have learnt to:

• Work and think as engineers by being

creative, designing and building with the

resources given

• Understand the importance of design and

cost control

• Work as a team

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Thank You

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- the design 10 points

- the budget 10 points

- the actual model 15 points

- the actual spend 15 points

- the skittles score 20 points

- the way the team worked

together 15 points

- the presentation 15 points

Total 100 Points

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Stage:


Present your design, - 2 min. each

justify and funding Make and test the design - 40 min.


the product

Prepare a report - 15 min.

Present your report and product - 2 min. each

And answer questions

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Stage:


Present your design, - 2 min. each

justify and funding



the product Prepare a report - 15 min.

Present your report and product - 2 min. each

And answer questions

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Prepare a report - 15 min.

Your report will be judged on:

- how the catapult meets the requirement

- accuracy of the catapult – your score

- actual catapult versus the design

- costs versus budgets

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underspend or

overspend

- innovation 50, 30, 10 points

Maximum 181 Points

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Final Stage:

Present your report, - 2 min. each

product and

answer questions

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We have learnt to:

• Work and think as engineers by being

creative, designing and building with the

resources given

• Understand the importance of design and

cost control

• Make presentations

• Work as a teamThank You

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We have learnt:

- To design

- To work to a budget

- That triangles are sturdy structures

- That holes (to make joins) weaken the materials

- To work in teams

- To share the workload

- To work like engineers

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