Upland High School students took to the field with homemade trebuchets Friday, Oct. 6, to test their physics prowess by flinging objects as far as they could. Trebuchets are a type of catapult that ...

What goes up must come down. And what goes way, way up can come down way, way too fast to survive the sudden stop. That’s why [Tom Stanton] built an altitude recording projectile into an oversized ...

Upland Unified students got medieval Friday morning. Trebuchets – medieval siege weapons that used slingshot technology to fling heavy rocks at castles once upon a time – sang out along the school’s ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — Boyd Buchanan physics students built trebuchets over the past few days to see who could launch a softball the furthest while gaining hands-on experience with physics. “By ...

Advanced Placement Physics students at West Feliciana High School recently investigated how warriors in the Middle Ages used counterweight trebuchets to fling projectiles long distances. Trebuchets ...

SULLIVAN - Sullivan High School students constructed trebuchets this year in physics class. The 14 seniors designed and built four different trebuchets using their own materials. The construction ...

Physics students braved the cold, rain and mess last week to compete in the 10th annual Pumpkin Launch at Medina High School. “It’s an opportunity for physics students to design and build a trebuchet ...