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=Trebuchets= **Lesson Plan: Trebuchet Design Challenge** Attached is the trebuchet project that we will do with the girls in the After School Engineering program at our middle school. It's a very open-ended project, and provides great opportunity for redesign and rebuilding (components of the engineering process!). The NOVA video "Medieval Siege: Secrets of Lost Empires II" is an excellent introduction to the project! ISBN: 1-59375-196-6. (file created & added by Beth Watt)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/destroy.html  NOVA’s “Destroy the Castle” game. ( Requires “Shockwave.”) Players can manipulate the components of the trebuchet to destroy the castle. (website added and evaluated by Beth Watt) http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/triggers.html   This page lists lots of information about triggers, slings, and other components of a variety of trebuchets. Enhanced by numerous sketches and paintings of trebuchets. (website added & evaluated by Beth Watt) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://members.fortunecity.com/arunge/ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Alec built a trebuchet... and took lots of pics of it, and listed its specs on this page. Good information for anyone who wants to know about trebuchets. (It's worth it -- just keep clicking "skip the ad") (website added & evaluated by Beth Watt)
 * NOVA - Destroy the Castle**
 * Trebuchet Triggers**
 * Alec's Trebuchet**

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.tbullock.com/trebuchet.html <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> This page has information about a few homemade trebuchets, including the mathematical equations associated with trebuchets. (website added & evaluated by Beth Watt)
 * Some Experiments with Trebuchets**

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/other/trebuchet.html#design <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This page lists the dimensions of a small homemade trebuchet, including beautiful photos of its construction. A link at the bottom also provides a page about his attempt at building a toothpick trebuchet. (website added & evaluated by Beth Watt)
 * Dan Becker's Trebuchet Page**

This would be a very valuble page for the students to see examples of this project. The students would love it. (Trenton Murner) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://uk.geocities.com/osfuk/osf/treb.html <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Well... someone built a full-size trebuchet and slung a few large items. To give you a hint, they took photos and titled their experiences as being "Sensible"... "Slightly Thoughtless"... and "Totally Irresponsible and Not in Good Taste." 'Nuf said. (website added & evaluated by Beth Watt)
 * What on Earth is a Trebuchet?**

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.nmpproducts.com/trebuche.htm <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This gentleman also built a mini trebuchet and took photos. He claims to sell his "mini siege engine" kits for $60, with contact info included. He has some interesting "Hurling Links" at the bottom... I guess trebuchets are good for hurling pumpkins...?? (website added & evaluated by Beth Watt)
 * The Trebuchet Project**

Go to the following site and type in "design" or "construction" or trebuchet" A number of curricular ideas come up http://www.engineeringpathway.com/ep/k12/search/search_k12.jhtml http://teachengineering.org/search.php

If you build it (building design) http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lesson/26258/overview.htm

Catapults http://download.micron.com/pdf/education/k12_pdf_lessons/catapult.pdf