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TeacherGeek Ping Pong Ball Launcher V2 Build Guide
Quick
Start Guide (Easy Engineering Guide)
Launcher
Protractor
TeacherGeek™
Ping Pong Ball Launcher
The TeacherGeek Ping Pong Ball Launcher V2 Build Guide
will take you step by step through the
construction of the adjustable base and one launcher example (sling shot).
Additional photos provide sample ideas of other launcher mechanisms. This
is where you can design and engineer a launcher to meet your goals.The V2 base
platform easily allows for changing the angle of trajectory. Choose a
design purpose. Do you want hit a target at a given distance? Do you want to
launch the ping pong ball the highest or farthest? Is
consistency important? How do the constants or variables affect your
results? (angle of trajectory, gravity, stored energy, mass, range, environment,
etc.)
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TeacherGeek™
Ping Pong Ball
Launchers
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The Launcher Activity
Teaches...
- Newton's Laws
- Kinematics
- Two-Dimensional Motion
- Forces
- Conservation of Energy
- Simple Machines
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis
- Construction
- Design and Innovation
Engineering
Challenges
- Use kinematic equations for motion and two
dimensions to determine the range of a projectile.
- Determine which launcher angle resulted in
the greatest distance traveled.
- Determine which launcher angle results in
consistently hitting a given target.
- What forces act on a projectile in flight?
- How does the mass of the projectile affect the
distance it will travel when the same force and launch angle are used?
- Calculate the average distance traveled for each
angle.
- Calculate the standard deviation of the distance
traveled for each angle.
- Create a spreadsheet / graph / table of your
results.
- Give a presentation using your data as
argumentation for your best design.
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