Redmond Weekly Review (3/13/25)

Hey Hawks! This week, we created catapults and learned about energy! We started by learning the different types of energy: potential and kinetic energy. Additionally, within potential energy, we focused on gravitational and elastic potential energy. The students asked good questions, helping them understand the different types. Then, we created catapults in groups. Once the catapults were ready, we challenged them to launch the pom-poms into target plates. They were able to experiment with different ways to improve the catapult and shoot the pom-pom out to increase accuracy. They had lots of fun creating and playing with the catapults and many succeeded in hitting the targets! Finally, we ended with a debrief of energy in the catapult and they were able to use their learning from the beginning and apply it to the catapults!