HOOKED ON SCIENCE: Turkey Baster Ping Pong Ball Launcher
Turkey Baster Ping Pong Ball Launcher
INGREDIENTS
- Turkey Baster
- Ping Pong Balls
INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1: Using the turkey baster, engineer a turkey baster ping pong ball launcher, which will shoot a ping pong ball at least 15 feet.
STEP 2: Convey your design through sketches, drawings and a physical model, known as a prototype.
STEP 3: Test the prototype and refine the design by identifying changes that need to be made.
EXPLANATION
Using the engineering design process, which is a series of steps engineers use to guide them as they solve problems, you designed a turkey baster ping pong ball launcher. However you designed the launcher, an applied force pushes the ping pong ball, causing it to shoot at least 15 feet. Go to www.hookedonscience.org for more experiments that might get you and your family “Hooked on Science.”
