tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post1300743502313843113..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: CatapultsTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-57356199504009055702012-07-17T07:48:39.102-07:002012-07-17T07:48:39.102-07:00Fantastic! I've experienced similar cooperati...Fantastic! I've experienced similar cooperation and focus with use of ramps and pathways in our block area. Tom, do you have a link or instructions/diagrams for constructing those catapults?Jeanhttp://thehillsarealive.woessners.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-70399929221399089572011-12-17T21:57:49.044-08:002011-12-17T21:57:49.044-08:00great idea!...... and now i know why I do not trow...great idea!...... and now i know why I do not trow away our yogurt cups! ;))knittingmettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13538693317905337267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-29287733287002764582011-02-14T19:44:16.765-08:002011-02-14T19:44:16.765-08:00wonderful catapults lesson! So great to see child...wonderful catapults lesson! So great to see children and teachers experimenting and taking risks. This is the lesson children will remember forever. I am going to share with my staff. Thanks for your great blog. carol garboden murraycarol garbodenhttp://carolgarboden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-68300394490496938542011-02-13T15:43:32.514-08:002011-02-13T15:43:32.514-08:00TT-
Very cool. I've done similar projects, b...TT-<br /><br />Very cool. I've done similar projects, but with rolling. I give the kids different tubes and troughs and different types and sizes of balls, and they are challenged to complete different tasks. Can they roll a ball to knock down a structure? Can they roll a ball that will hit but NOT knock down the structure? Can they get it to stop within a given area? How far can they get it to go? Which will go fasted? Amazing physics at work! Great stuff.BSKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-87686359408637335642011-02-13T14:19:43.602-08:002011-02-13T14:19:43.602-08:00your pre-school sounds so amazing that it makes m...your pre-school sounds so amazing that it makes me want to have another kid, just so i can send him/her to you! (my boys are too big, alas.)Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-15710737570547488352011-02-13T13:05:58.407-08:002011-02-13T13:05:58.407-08:00It is fantastic! I have been telling all of my col...It is fantastic! I have been telling all of my colleagues how interesting it would be to be able to teach like you do at the high school level... <br /><br />As a not-so-handy kinda gal, could you share how you made them? Or maybe a close-up picture so we can see what they look like?S. Krajicekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587950187476099654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-62420060950503557392011-02-13T12:46:33.318-08:002011-02-13T12:46:33.318-08:00@Amy . . . I made the catapults myself from scrap ...@Amy . . . I made the catapults myself from scrap wood.Teacher Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-34912539195212313812011-02-13T12:01:58.026-08:002011-02-13T12:01:58.026-08:00Where did you get your catapults? This is a fanta...Where did you get your catapults? This is a fantastic lesson. Thank you so much for sharing it!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10057043314272791623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-72797003005094363372011-02-13T08:47:40.183-08:002011-02-13T08:47:40.183-08:00Looks like great fun. I LOVE to see true science i...Looks like great fun. I LOVE to see true science in action. ;-)MOM #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/11581360715920982011noreply@blogger.com