Catapults

To hurl or launch something

• Catapult

• Trebuchet

• Lever

• Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

To launch something using gravity

• trebuchet

• catapult

• throw

• pass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

simple machine usually consisting of a long, rigid object that moves around a turning point when a force is applied

• Lever

• Fulcrum

• Load

• Effort

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

point around which a lever turns

• Lever

• Fulcrum

• Load

• Effort

force, such as the weight of an object, resisting motion against which a lever works

• Lever

• Fulcrum

• Load

• Effort

force used to cause movement

• Lever

• Fulcrum

• Load

• Effort

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

lever with the fulcrum between the effort and the load

• first-class lever

• force multiplier

• second-class lever

• third-class lever

lever with the load between the effort and the fulcrum

• first-class lever

• force multiplier

• second-class lever

• third-class lever

lever with the effort between the load and the fulcrum

• first-class lever

• force multiplier

• second-class lever

• third-class lever