Lesson Plans - Simple Machines: Catapults

Grades: 5-8
Author: Tracy Wilson, Jason Pitak, Tim Petrie, Jacqueline Godsey, AGPA staff
Source: Original

Materials Needed:

  • 3 rubber bands
  • 2 push pins
  • Wood block; possibly 3"x 3"x 1"; this block will provide the base of the catapult
  • 1 tongue depressor
  • 1 dosage cup
  • 1 ft strip of masking tape
  • Acrylic 1/2" or 1" pompoms, to be launched by catapult