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This is a 1-2 week engineering competition made for students to push their creativity and engineering abilities.
Objective
– Students will be placed into teams consisting of two or three people.
– Each team will be responsible for building a launching device (catapult) and a catcher.
– The objective is to have your launching device gets as many balls as possible into your catching device in one minute.
– The team that has the most balls in the cup after a minute has passed is the winner.
Materials
Cardboard
Rubber Bands
Popsicle Sticks
Mini Balls (Aluminum Foil)
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