Rubber Band Catapult Science Olympiad Rules

A glimpse of rubber band catapult one of 16 events at the macomb science olympiad tournament.

Rubber band catapult science olympiad rules. Say it again the objective of this event is to have a team member describe a science term or concept by providing verbal clues and not saying the word s. Rick crosslin ama member and science teacher and tom sanders ama member and science olympiad expert demonstrate how to build an indoor catapult. A is for anatomy aerodynamics alternative energy sponsored by nasa glenn chain reaction circuit wizardry csi jcu deep blue sea egg drop lego robotics maps and graphs measure by measure. Modified or copied with permission by macomb science olympiad.

The tips and published event rules only apply to macomb elementary science olympiad. Students are to design construct and bring to the tournament a catapult device. The rubber band powered catapult is clamped to a table we have. Since 1974 schoolkids across the usa have competed with each other in science olympiads the half day struggles are divided into age groups elementary middle and high school.

You may see information on the internet about a similar science olympiad event somewhere else with slightly. See the bibliography for more information about the catapult kit. This device should be capable of accurately and consistently shooting a rubber band a range of distances. The back edge is defined as the edge furthest from the target.

The catapult with all of its parts labeled. Macomb science olympiad is a 501c3 run. 10 19 2014 rubber band catapult page 2 7. No part of the catapult may extend beyond the back edge of the starting line.

Also comes with two different balls ping pong and wiffle and enables you to adjust the number of rubber bands. Rubber band catapult a team will design and construct a catapult device to shoot a rubber band at a target that is placed within a given range. This is a dowel stick and rubber loop 1 16 cross section rubber launcher attached to the launch tooth. 80 elementary schools both public and private compete.

Contestants may bring as many rubber bands as they wish but a minimum of 4 rubber bands are. New catapults must be designed and built by members of this year s science olympiad team devices from previous years may not be used.