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Aim To explain a lever using a catapult model.

Apparatus Scissors, knife, plastic ruler, hole punch, tissue box, pencil,
and Materials bottle cap, paper clip, rubber band, and adhesive tape

Steps

1 2 3

Cut an opening in the Punch a hole 3 cm from the Cut a small opening at the
tissue box as shown in edge of the box and 1 cm opposite end of the box
the picture above. from the opening. Repeat near the base. Insert a
on the other side. paper clip into it.

4 5 6

Tie a pencil and a ruler in Stick a bottle cap on the Tie and stick the rubber
the shape of a cross with a other end of the ruler. band on the other end of
rubber band. the ruler.

7 8 9

Insert the pencil into the Pull and fix the rubber band Put a light object in the bottle
holes made earlier. to the paper clip. cap. Pull backwards and
release it.

The catapult model is a type of lever. Identify the force, fulcrum, and load in your
catapult model.

#TEACHER
208 Catapult is a device used to hurl objects such as stones and others in
the direction of a target.