Friday, December 13, 2024

Search

Catapults Toss Students into Physics, Engineering

Ian Thomson with catapult

By Press Release

CREST HAVEN – The Cape May County Special Services School District’s high school students in the PRIDE program spent a week learning about the physics and engineering of catapults.  
According to a Feb. 19 release, those lessons were tested with a ball-launch challenge.  Students in groups of three were asked to create a catapult and a box to catch the catapulted ball with a limited supply of rubber bands, cardboard, plastic cups, and a ruler.  
The challenge tested not only the distance of the object catapulted but also the accuracy of the catapult.  The winning group will be treated to a pizza party by their teachers.

Spout Off

North Cape May – Hello all my Liberal friends out there in Spout off land! I hope you all saw the 2 time President Donald Trump is Time magazines "Person of the year"! and he adorns the cover. No, NOT Joe…

Read More

North Cape May – "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.” — from Handel’s “Messiah”

Read More

Cape May County – These drones are making the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Eyewitness accounts say they are loud, very large, and obviously not available on Amazon. I just read an interview with a drone…

Read More

Most Read

Print Editions

Recommended Articles

Skip to content