This is a simple, fun, and sneaky way of throwing tiny objects. It’s from one of our spy-kit projects. Just remember, keep it under-cover. Here’s what you need:
a cheap mechanical pencil
two rubber bands
a razor with adult help
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Great job! The distance the object travels has to do with the angle you hold your “shooter”. If you fired straight up in the air, the object would fall more or less straight down. If you fired horizontal, the object would start horizontal to the ground and fall after a certain distance. When you vary the angle of your shooter between straight up and horizontal, the object will travel in an arc and the distance travelled will change. Try launching at different angles and notice how the travel distance changes.
I made this too! it was so much fun! I decided to make my own version with a stick, a rubber band, and a binder clip and it really worked! but I have a question. when I shot it up, it went the same distance as when i shot it straight. how come?
I’ll have my team connect with you!
We are using Supercharged Science by grade level, specifically 7th grade.
When we are under the topic of Seventh Grade Energy there is a list of experiments. We have the items necessary to conduct the “P-Shooters” that is listed under this grade, however when you select it it says it’s only available for Advanced Students. Then why is it in the 7th Grade area?
Okay, Thank you.
If you want to – it’s up to you.
Aurora,
Would you have to take off the Clip?
Freeman
I tried shooting a piece of cereal and it works PERFECTLY!!! We found some cereal that is just the right size to shoot. This is such a cool experiment!!!
-Lucy Aslinger-
Okay, it works now! Thank you!!
-Lucy Aslinger-
I’ll have my team connect with you and take a peek into your account to see what’s going on. Sorry for the trouble! We’ll get this worked out for you.
I had access to this about a week ago, made one, and it didn’t quite work. (I didn’t have a mechanical pencil, and my substitute wasn’t quite right : ) Now, I have a mechanical pencil, and I was looking to do the experiment again…only to find that I don’t have access anymore! Is there a reason it has been removed? I have the K-8 program but I had access last week!
-Lucy Aslinger-
We were going to, but we moved it to the section of labs coming out this summer in e-Camp. 🙂
Yep! There’s a lot of cool spy experiment on our site, including the Burglar Alarms like the Trip Wire, Pressure Sensor, Sunlight Alarm, FM Transmitter, Latching Circuit, Laser Door Alarm, and so much more! You can use the search box to search for them.
Or you could make an entire module about spies.
could you make an actual spy kit with some of your coolest spy gadgets and gizmos?
There’s a LOT of those on the website – and more if you include the section on secret codes in math and chemistry experiments about hidden messages changing colors… is there something in particular you are looking for?
please make a list of all of the detective/spy projects
There’s a bunch of cool spy-like experiments in e-Science, including:
what other spy-kit projects are there because I love spy tools and equipment!!!!!!
I meant treats!
I love this thing! I think I will try it with one of my cat’s trats and have it whizz by her! She is usually so frisky that she’ll probably chase it!
The one in the video didn’t have a screw, so I had to break it. But yes, a more subtle approach works, too!
Hey Aurora,
The tops of most mechanical pencils screw off. . . I use the kind of mechanical pencil that you are using to do schoolwork
and it unscrews, so I am curious, why break it ? 🙂 ~ Jasmin
i think this was one of the coolest expirements
I was playing with this and the rubber band broke so I put a new one on and later the part you pull fell out and scrached my thumb and I was bleeding and good thing I know first aid 😀
My girls enjoyed this one (almost too much). We used paper at first. We tried dry and wet balls of paper. It was so much fun it was hard to stop. Eventually I had to say, “OK, spit out your science and let’s get back to work”.
My mom and I made this and it’s soooooo much fun! We took little peices of napkin and rolled them into balls for ammo, and let her rip!
-Andrea Smith 🙂
My bro loves playing with this. He keeps trying new ammo and it always flies all over the place!
sevy keble
Hard to do, but very rewarding when finished!
sevy keble 🙂
Great job! The distance the object travels has to do with the angle you hold your “shooter”. If you fired straight up in the air, the object would fall more or less straight down. If you fired horizontal, the object would start horizontal to the ground and fall after a certain distance. When you vary the angle of your shooter between straight up and horizontal, the object will travel in an arc and the distance travelled will change. Try launching at different angles and notice how the travel distance changes.
I made this too! it was so much fun! I decided to make my own version with a stick, a rubber band, and a binder clip and it really worked! but I have a question. when I shot it up, it went the same distance as when i shot it straight. how come?
I’ll have my team connect with you!
We are using Supercharged Science by grade level, specifically 7th grade.
When we are under the topic of Seventh Grade Energy there is a list of experiments. We have the items necessary to conduct the “P-Shooters” that is listed under this grade, however when you select it it says it’s only available for Advanced Students. Then why is it in the 7th Grade area?
Okay, Thank you.
If you want to – it’s up to you.
Aurora,
Would you have to take off the Clip?
Freeman
I tried shooting a piece of cereal and it works PERFECTLY!!! We found some cereal that is just the right size to shoot. This is such a cool experiment!!!
-Lucy Aslinger-
Okay, it works now! Thank you!!
-Lucy Aslinger-
I’ll have my team connect with you and take a peek into your account to see what’s going on. Sorry for the trouble! We’ll get this worked out for you.
I had access to this about a week ago, made one, and it didn’t quite work. (I didn’t have a mechanical pencil, and my substitute wasn’t quite right : ) Now, I have a mechanical pencil, and I was looking to do the experiment again…only to find that I don’t have access anymore! Is there a reason it has been removed? I have the K-8 program but I had access last week!
-Lucy Aslinger-
We were going to, but we moved it to the section of labs coming out this summer in e-Camp. 🙂
Yep! There’s a lot of cool spy experiment on our site, including the Burglar Alarms like the Trip Wire, Pressure Sensor, Sunlight Alarm, FM Transmitter, Latching Circuit, Laser Door Alarm, and so much more! You can use the search box to search for them.
Or you could make an entire module about spies.
could you make an actual spy kit with some of your coolest spy gadgets and gizmos?
There’s a LOT of those on the website – and more if you include the section on secret codes in math and chemistry experiments about hidden messages changing colors… is there something in particular you are looking for?
please make a list of all of the detective/spy projects
There’s a bunch of cool spy-like experiments in e-Science, including:
Space Age Laser Communicator
Laser Door Alarm
Trip Wire
Water to Wine
and a section in Cryptography (coming next week)!
what other spy-kit projects are there because I love spy tools and equipment!!!!!!
I meant treats!
I love this thing! I think I will try it with one of my cat’s trats and have it whizz by her! She is usually so frisky that she’ll probably chase it!
The one in the video didn’t have a screw, so I had to break it. But yes, a more subtle approach works, too!
Hey Aurora,
The tops of most mechanical pencils screw off. . . I use the kind of mechanical pencil that you are using to do schoolwork
and it unscrews, so I am curious, why break it ? 🙂 ~ Jasmin
i think this was one of the coolest expirements
I was playing with this and the rubber band broke so I put a new one on and later the part you pull fell out and scrached my thumb and I was bleeding and good thing I know first aid 😀
My girls enjoyed this one (almost too much). We used paper at first. We tried dry and wet balls of paper. It was so much fun it was hard to stop. Eventually I had to say, “OK, spit out your science and let’s get back to work”.
My mom and I made this and it’s soooooo much fun! We took little peices of napkin and rolled them into balls for ammo, and let her rip!
-Andrea Smith 🙂
My bro loves playing with this. He keeps trying new ammo and it always flies all over the place!
sevy keble
Hard to do, but very rewarding when finished!
sevy keble 🙂