Home Catapult

Create a catapult using things from around the house. This project is only limited by your imagination and the things you find around the house!
Supplies:

• Cylindrical object (sturdy cardboard tube, soup or other can, sturdy plastic bottle, rolling pin)
• Stretchy hair elastic or rubber band
• Spoon (wooden, metal, or combination)
• Something to propel (ball, marshmallow, pompom, wad of paper, etc.)

Directions:

1. Wrap the hair elastic or rubber band around your cylindrical object twice.
2. Slide your spoon under the elastic where it meets in an X. It should be perpendicular to the cylindrical object.
3. Load a projectile in the bowl of the spoon. Apply force to the opposite end of the spoon and watch it fly.
4. Experiment with a variety of objects. What combination propels your object the farthest?