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Grade 7Crash Test Electric Motors Towers

Students investigate levers and pulleys. They learn how to evaluate the usefulness of a mechanism by calculating it’s mechanical advantage. Each team then designs and builds a catapult that is tested for it’s accuracy and power.

 

Grade 8Catapults Robots Vehicles