Catapults

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215303/catapults.htm

History of Siege Engines
http://digitalclass.org/Tech%20Ed/Machines/SiegeEngines.htm

Medieval Warfare - Catapults
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215303/catapults.htm

Mangonel simulation. Can you build a mangonel and hit the target?
http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/catapult/catapult.htm.

TREBUCHET INFORMATION

Trebuchet simulation. Can you build a trebuchet that will knock down the castle wall?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/destroywave.html

Short video discussing the trebuchet built in Nova's "Medieval Siege" video.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/hew06.sci.phys.maf.trebuchet/

Build a trebuchet out of simple materials found around "ye castle."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/27ms_sle2

A trebuchet in action:
http://www.algobeautytreb.com/

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