In Quinton's eighth grade science class, he had to make a catapult that would launch an egg ten feet up and ten feet forward. Then Quinton also had to make a protective suit to keep that flying egg from breaking when it landed. He was like a man possessed. Watching Youtube videos on how to do it and making plans to succeed at both challenges. He talked of little else. I let Eddy and Quinton figure it out and they spent a lot of time on it. I was shocked to see how big it was. I was expecting a much littler catapult since eggs are quite small. Quinton used car wash sponges to surround his egg and he also put it in a ziploc with water to absorb the impact.
The morning of the great egg launch Quinton and Eddy drug this behemoth to school. I was surprised to hear it wasn't the biggest catapult there. There was one as big a football field goal. The time came for Quinton to launch his egg and it failed. After all those test runs at home that were so successful, when it really mattered it didn't work. His egg didn't go the required ten feet. Quinton was very disappointed. I tried to cheer him up about it and told him to remember all the fun he and Eddy had building it!
Eddy and Quinton discussing the plan
Testing the supports
See what fun they are having!
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