Games
Pyramid Slingshot
Materials
- Sausage Sticks/Popsicle Sticks
- Masking Tape
- Bottle Cap/Paper Cup
- Rubber
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Challanges
- You can experiment with different things to launch, such as Jenga, pebbles, balls, or paper balls, to see the difference.
- If they have to launch the object to a far distance, what changes will they make in this?
- You can challenge them to make this catapult in a bigger framework that can launch high-density objects.
Questions to be asked
- Why is triangle or pyramid shape used? (Because it can't change its fundamental shape without breaking and distributes force evenly, you can show a demo of a square frame how it can change into a diamond shape)
- What happens when you use more or less of rubber bands?
- What differences can be seen when we try launching objects with different shapes, sizes, and density?