Catapult

£120.00£127.50

Get Launching with Design and Technology!

Introduce your children to the fascinating world of mechanisms with the Build Your Own Catapult material resource kit! Perfect for lower Key Stage 2 children, this engaging hands-on resource allows young learners to explore how levers and forces work together to create movement. From designing to assembling and testing their catapult, children will develop problem-solving skills, accuracy, and creativity. Ideal for design and technology lessons or classroom challenges, the Catapult kit is a fun and interactive way to inspire curiosity and a love for engineering in every young learner!

Quantity in box: Class set of 30

Description

Who’s catapult can fire the furthest?

Each material pack comes with the following components:

  • MDF base
  • Redwood uprights
  • Jelutong
  • Dowel
  • Metal eye
  • Elastic band
  • Bottle top
  • Tie wrap
  • Pivot block
  • Brackets

This resource kit includes the electronic Hepp DT design portfolio that covers the design, make, evaluate and technical knowledge aspects of the project as well as step by step video instructions. Access to these documents will be sent to the email address on the order form. If you require it to be sent to a different email address, please state this in the ‘notes’ section when ordering.

To be able to cut the dowel and jelutong to the correct length, you will need junior hacksaws, bench hooks and g-clamps. If you do not have these tools in school, please select the ‘components pre-cut’ option at checkout.

Basic tools such as junior hacksaws, g-clamps, bench hooks and cordless drills, can be bought from our resource shop.

Each resource kit comes with sandpaper and PVA wood adhesive as standard.

Quantity in box: Class set of 30

If you require a different quantity, please contact us directly at enquiries@heppdt.co.uk

Additional information

Weight 10 kg
Options

components not cut, components pre-cut