233 - Projectile Motion Lab Report Guide
Date Submitted: Self-evaluation Score:
Your Name: (each student completes their own report for this lab) X
The Lab Problem: Construct the catapult that you have drawn.
Research References: X

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Procedures
  • You have two days to complete this lab. Make improvements to your catapult during this time to produce the most accurate catapult possible.
  • The power for the catapult must be provided by the mousetrap spring, but you may alter the mousetrap in anyway you wish.
  • Your goal is to throw a pingpong ball into a three-foot circle on the floor 12 feet away.
  • You may have three "shots" to zero in your catapult.
  • Then "shoot" at the circle three times.
  • How may times did you hit the circle?
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Conclusion: X

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