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This engineering design activity, created by Brian Vance and published by the Engineering Technology Pathways project, asks students to design a device to hit a golf ball three feet using only a rubber band as the trigger and no more than $3 worth of other materials. Students can be no closer than a foot to the device when activating it, and the golf ball must put out a candle, set off a mousetrap, and end up in a paper cup. Instructions for the activity are given here, and a rubric for evaluation. This is a helpful lesson to give students hands-on experience in engineering design.

Disciplines:

• Science and Technology  / Engineering