Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Trebuchet Toss
Young engineers work in teams to design and build their own trebuchets according to certain criteria; they must be able to launch a mini marshmallow accurately into a pie tin. Background reading material, a planning sheet for trebuchet...
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Small Trebuchet
Travel back to medieval time where learning is just a stone's throw away! A video introduction shows a trebuchet (catapult-like machine) as it launches a rock into a lake. Learners use their quadratic modeling skills to predict the...
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Secrets of Lost Empires II -- Medieval Siege
Students design a working working model of a trebuchet and demonstrate the power of a Class 1 lever. They test their models by throwing grapes the greatest distance and raising and lowering bricks.
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Medieval Catapults
Students design and build a working catapult or trebuchet to explore the concepts of force, motion, and distance.
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TREBUCHET
In this social studies worksheet, students find the words that are related to the concept of war and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Secrets of Lost Empires II-Pharaoh's Obelisk
Students identify and analyze how levers work by raising a brick with a shish kebab skewer. Students present their work, explaining what did and did not work, including illustrations of the lever lift from different angles. Students...
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Fling It
Students investigate the best design using technology. In this science instructional activity, students construct a freestanding object with specific materials to be able to shoot a ping pong ball and a marshmallow. They have to adjust...
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Projectile and Circular Motion, Torque
Introduce your young scholars to the concepts of circular motion, projectile motion, angular speed, simple harmonic motion, torque, center of mass, centripetal force, and Hooke's Law with a 86-slide presentation. The circular motion...
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Catapults
Ready, aim, fire! Launch to a new level of understanding as scholars build and test their own catapults. Learners explore lever design and how adjusting the fulcrum changes the outcome.
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Catapults
Students discover the catapult. For this catapult lesson, students research the history of the catapult and how it works. They work in groups to build their own catapult using tootpicks, popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and spoons.
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King John’s Castle, Limerick
For this King John's castle worksheet, students read about the castle, answer short answer questions, draw a picture, and more. Students complete 5 activities
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Middle Ages
In this social studies worksheet, students find the terms that are related to the Middle Ages and the answers are accessed when clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Catapult
In this social studies activity, students find the words related to the catapult and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Medieval Weaponry
In this social studies worksheet, students find the words that are associated with the medieval times and weapons. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Castles Word Search
In this social studies instructional activity, middle schoolers find the words that are associated with castles and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Plaid to the Bone
Students study Lady Anges Randolph and other heroic woman using multimedia. They create class presentations with their findings. They write a diary about living in a medieval castle after researching what life was like in them.
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Castles in the Middle Ages: Different Attack Methods
In this castles worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer listing different methods of attack, their advantages and disadvantages.
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The Catapult
Young scholars identify the advantages and disadvantages of a catapult as a weapon. In this physics lesson, students construct their own catapult. They investigate how changing one variable affects results.
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