Eleventh Grade, Investigate Laws of Motion Science Projects (1 result)
Investigate key laws of motion-- by setting an experiment moving (such as launching a catapult). Chart and analyze your data to draw conclusions.
Before cannons widely replaced them, siege engines were often used by armies to throw large stones and other projectiles to break down castle walls. One of the most advanced siege engines used in the Middle Ages was the trebuchet, which used a large counterweight to store energy to launch a payload, or projectile. The horizontal distance the payload would travel is called the trebuchet's range. Figure 1, below, shows a modern reconstruction of a trebuchet.
The range of a trebuchet has…
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