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Key Stage 3: Science

Catapults and Trebuchets

Pupils can get hands on experience of forces in motion through our medieval siege engine workshop. Pupils will design and test their own mini catapults and apply their learning to operate a working trebuchet.

Audience: KS3
Numbers: 32 max per session
Duration: 60 mins
Cost per pupil: £5

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4 Eiffel Towers

During the siege of Sebastopol the British fired about 10,000 tonnes of iron shot; the French fired 510,000 round shot, 236,000 howitzer shells and 350,000 mortar shells – a total of around 43,000 tonnes of iron! About the same weight as 4 Eiffel Towers.