A trebuchet is a catapult that uses a counterweight to supply the energy for throwing. They were used in the Middle Ages for attacking castle walls. In this project, you build your own model trebuchet and investigate how design changes affect throwing distance.

Concepts

momentum, mechanical engineering, levers

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Additional Tags

science fair project, science buddies, catapult, lever, science project, simple machine

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)