Trebuchet Design Challenge
ScienceSCSH - Characteristics of Science
SCSh2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field
investigations.
SCSh3. Students will identify and investigate problems scientifically.
c. Collect, organize and record appropriate data.
e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data collected.
SCSh4. Students use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating
scientific equipment and materials.
a. Develop and use systematic procedures for recording and organizing information.
c. Use technology to develop, test, and revise experimental or mathematical models.
SCSh5. Students will demonstrate the computation and estimation skills necessary for
analyzing data and developing reasonable scientific explanations.
a. Trace the source on any large disparity between estimated and calculated answers to
problems.
b. Consider possible effects of measurement errors on calculations.
c. Recognize the relationship between accuracy and precision.
e. Solve scientific problems by substituting quantitative values, using dimensional
analysis and/or simple algebraic formulas as appropriate.
SCSh6. Students will communicate scientific investigations and information clearly.
b. Write clear, coherent accounts of current scientific issues, including possible
alternative interpretations of the data.
SP - Physics Standards
SP1. Students will analyze the relationships between force, mass, gravity, and the motion of
objects.
a. Calculate average velocity, instantaneous velocity, and acceleration in a given frame of
reference.
e. Measure and calculate the magnitude of gravitational forces.
f. Measure and calculate two-dimensional motion (projectile and circular) by using
component vectors.
SP3. Students will evaluate the forms and transformations of energy.
a. Analyze, evaluate, and apply the principle of conservation of energy and measure the
components of work-energy theorem by
• describing total energy in a closed system.
• identifying different types of potential energy.
• calculating kinetic energy given mass and velocity.
• relating transformations between potential and kinetic energy.
TechnologyAASL 21st Century Learner Standards:
Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
1.1.1 Follow and inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make
the real-world connection for using this process in own life.
1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
1.1.9 Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding.
1.3.4 Contribute to the exchange of ideas within the learning community.
1.3.5 Use information technology responsibly.
2.1.2 Organize knowledge so that it is useful.
2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information.
2.1.5 Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions,
and solve problems.
2.2.1 Demonstrate flexibility in the use of resources by adapting information strategies to each
specific resource and by seeking additional resources when clear conclusions cannot be drawn.
2.2.4 Demonstrate personal productivity by completing products to express learning.
2.4.4 Develop directions for future investigations
3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners.
3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively.
3.2.1 Demonstrate leadership and confidence by presenting ideas to others in both formal and
informal situations.
3.2.3 Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others.
3.4.3 Assess own ability to work with others in a group setting by evaluating varied roles,
leadership, and demonstrations of respect for other viewpoints.
Engineering-
Mathematics-
MM2A3. Students will analyze quadratic functions in the fomrs f(x) = ax2 + bx + c and f(x)
= a(x-h)2 + k.
a. Convert between standard and vertex form.
b. Graph quadratic functions as transformations of the function f(x) = x2.
c. Investigate and explain characteristics of quadratic functions, including domain, range,
vertex, axis of symmetry, zeros, intercepts, extrema, intervals of increase and decrease,
and rates of change.
MM2A4. Students will solve quadratic equations and inequalities in one variable.
a. Solve equations graphically using appropriate technology.
b. Find real and complex solutions of equations by factoring, taking square roots, and
applying the quadratic formula.