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Dominant Catapults!

Dominant Catapults!
Running out of ideas?! Tired of egging your friends house and getting in trouble!! BUILD A CATATPULT!!!!! egg from a distance, saves energy and is a good time. Just a couple of easy steps you will be egging in no time ! We did this because it was project in physics class.
 
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Step 1Tools and supplies

Tools and supplies
Make sure you have the proper tools and supplies in order to make your catapult. you will need wood, screws, drill, metal bar, springs, bracings, gatorade cap, wood cutter of sum sort, and paint if you would like to make it the color of your desire
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16 comments
Nov 19, 2009. 6:10 PMthalia7 says:
xD hahahahahaha lol WOW! xD
Nov 9, 2009. 8:54 PMjschmadeke4life says:
Your Instructable is pretty weak. I have to agree with the other users... Remember what I told you while we were in the computer lab?  "If you do a poor job putting this together, the Instructables community will tear it apart!"  I think these fellow below are going easy on you.
Nov 10, 2009. 11:13 AMKiteman says:
So, are you their teacher?

You're right, we are going easy, but mainly because we can see they have never attempted write-ups like this before.

Maybe next time you do a project like this (are the rocket cars your as well?), you ought to set a homework that the teams should browse the site before they start the projects, so they can see how to write a good, maybe featurable project,
Nov 6, 2009. 1:41 PMlemonie says:
Considering that several other persons have posted pretty much the same thing, this isn't very good. You've posted something that you did but not explained it very well. Other students have given more information on the build and data.

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Nov 6, 2009. 2:08 PMKiteman says:
Haha, have you read the last three words?
Nov 7, 2009. 2:05 PMlemonie says:
Yes, a bit hasty in the publishing - maybe they were working to a deadline?
I think these people should update their Instructables with the grades they got?

L
Nov 9, 2009. 8:49 PMjschmadeke4life says:
it'd be ugly!
Nov 10, 2009. 11:10 AMKiteman says:
Not really - you can edit published projects as much as you like.  The authors could add an extra step to show off their grades.
Nov 8, 2009. 2:34 AMKiteman says:
I'm quite keen on the idea of using Instructables to document projects like this, something I am keen on doing when I move to High School.

What the teacher should do, though, is;
  • Join.
  • Identify themselves.
  • Create a group for all the projects to go into; Blogger High School Group etc
  • Provide feedback on the projects here - such as posting the project grade in the project's comments.
(and if the authors of this project read this comment, they should pass it on to their teacher.)
Nov 9, 2009. 8:49 PMjschmadeke4life says:
thanks for the advice.  I'll try that next time.
Nov 9, 2009. 6:12 PMZaphod Beeblebrox says:
r u and lemonie twins separated at birth or something? it sure seems like it......
Nov 10, 2009. 11:09 AMKiteman says:
I don't think so.  I'll ask our mother...
Nov 10, 2009. 2:21 PMZaphod Beeblebrox says:

lol

Nov 8, 2009. 6:24 AMlemonie says:
I agree. Start with a forum topic. Maybe one person thought of putting theirs up, then the others joined-in and it wasn't officially organised?

L
Nov 8, 2009. 9:20 AMKiteman says:
I gather from one of the other projects that they were told to publish like this.
Nov 8, 2009. 10:22 AMlemonie says:
Oh right.

L

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