Pumpkin Chuckin' Catapults
by Chrissy Blank
Students will design and build their own popsicle stick catapults, exploring principles of force, motion, and engineering. This lesson does have a Halloween theme to it, but can be modified is needed.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SVUPKdJwMvBbtLRXN7-e-0o7LtuPTmyv/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force P4: Energy Transfer Technology 4. Innovative Designer Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process Mathematics Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA) Measurement and Data (MD) The Number System (NS) Number & Quantity (N) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text) WritingRelated Content
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