The performance of our final product (Trebuchet model that actually functions): Success Criteria: Developed a prototype that can shoot a ping-pong ball using knowledge of the physics of a golf swing. Demonstrate an energy transfer…
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February 21st: Original Plan: Figure out the scale of the trebuchet, make the frame, and the supporting structure, combine the trebuchet sides and attach bracings. In reality: Considering the trebuchet size ratio, our team constructed…
Generating Ideas: Our group (James and Kyle) have decided to make a wooden trebuchet as a project for our G9 engineering project. The wooden trebuchet involves energy transfer; for instance, it utilizes gravitational potential energy…
Introduction: In this unit, we students will be required to create a tool, prototype, or toy that involved energy transfer. Different Ideas: 1. Sailboat Making a mini-functioning sailboat was the first idea that came to…
