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    Simple Catapult

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    the Middle Ages, a catapult would come in mighty handy for taking down castle walls. So by now, you will know my project is about simple catapult. My reason why making this simple catapult was to show how to make a simple machine without pulleys and lever and things like them also I wanted to make a simple machine that can move things to one place to another. You need information because you need to know what they are how the actual catapult work and how the miniature catapults are alike and how the

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    Catapult Accuracy

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    “Fire!” I yelled as I pulled back the arm of the catapult, and quickly releasing it to have the marshmallow soar through the air. In this paragraph I will be writing about my catapult, and how far it fired, and also the accuracy, and finally how I built it. First, I had to construct my catapult we e were each given 16 rubber bands and 11 popsicle sticks. It was very challenging to tie the rubber bands to the popsicle sticks because there was a special way to tie the rubber bands, but I finally triumphed

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    Catapult Research

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    various types of catapults were used by the Greeks, Romans, and Chinese? We took various different steps to construct our catapult and see how we can improve it. First, the catapult we made was made out of 11 popsicle sticks for the base and construction of the catapult and 26 rubber bands to hold them in place. The model of my catapult collapsed easily and fell apart. I believe that if we put in more time and work into the catapult it would’ve done wonders. Second, our catapult was tested for accuracy

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    Catapults Essay

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    examples of weapons that have been used by major empires but it is also known that civilizations had other forms of technology that were not so advanced. Catapults are one of the oldest from of warfare weapons that have been used for the capture of territories. The greatest have taken part in the magnificents of a catapult. Throughout history, catapults have advanced through different empires and can be explained through multiple theories that were created by some of the most fascinating Scientist/ Physicist

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    Catapult Physics

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    Catapults in modern-day don’t exactly have the same job as they had back in the middle ages but they still can used in combat. They’re used on aircraft carriers to propel aircrafts in the air and also are used on submarines and boats to launch differing items at their opponent . Some important mathematical concepts that are used when building/designing a catapult is projectile motion, accuracy vs. precision, and the use of the quadratic equation. Newton's laws work here as the first law states an

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    The story of the young shepherd boy named David, who defeated the warrior giant Goliath, with nothing more than his slingshot has become a symbol of how man, or in this case a boy, can achieve anything with faith and a great deal of will power. Here we compare two statues of the same boy, each telling a different part of David’s story. One depicts the boy moments after the battle and the other depicts David during pivotal moment of his life. Although both statutes have many features in common, there

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    Catapult Errors

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    In this experiment, no calculations were needed to be completed. However, there were sources of errors and variables that affected the design process of the catapult. Such as, a failure in picking a design, miscommunication, no retest, and an emotion of unpreparedness. To recall, there was not a collective collaboration on what design was going to be built. Instead, a variety of different designs were being built at the same time. Although having options is a positive outcome, it caused arguments

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    Catapult Experiment

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    because of the data from my experiment. This experiment showed that when I changed the arm of the catapult, the distance that the pom-pom traveled was farther. In the control catapult, the pom-pom traveled an average of 10.78 cm and the range of the data was 24 cm.     The first piece of evidence from my data that proves my claim is the averages. In the control, the average was 10.78 cm. In my catapult, the average was 87.6 cm. My catapult's distance was better by 76.82 cm.    The second piece of

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    Catapult Communication

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    Catapult Communications is an internet service provider selling unlimited broadband packages. Catapult employees a range of staff including Managers, Sales, tech, network and installation teams. Communication is a huge problem in the team between Barbra and the sales team employees. The problems that are amongst Catapult is that the sales team are missing targets and motivation morale is low. Things need to be changed and improved for Catapult to become up and running again. If things changed at

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    strategies serve as indications of Churchill’s push to get the result he wanted. Nevertheless, the lack of success with diplomatic efforts did not deter Churchill. It only drove him to devise a more forceful, violent tactic: Operation Catapult. The conditions of Operation Catapult demonstrate that Churchill carried out the attack at Mers-el-Kébir because he assumed Germany had plans to take the French Fleet. All of the options included in the ultimatum that Britain gave France, including the threat to use

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