In Dr. Sparks Science Camp – Ancient Warfare, we will look at the science behind some of the weapons that were able to take down great castles. We will explore how they used horsehair to create a weapon that could turn a tree into a missile. We will experiment with how they calculated trajectory to launch huge stones over city walls. And they did all of this without computers or even smartphones! Each child will spend the day using English while they make 2 amazing experiments that they can take home. This camp is not a day of learning English. Instead, it’s a day filled with fun experiments that encourage your kids to start using English and thinking in English. It’s through the curiosity that our experiments encourage that we help turn on your child’s English thinking.

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The boys and girls will do experiments with Dr. Sparks learning how science created ancient weapons that could bring down castle walls. Crossbows were a weapon that used tension and elasticity to fire a weapon straight ahead from far away. Catapults used similar ideas but changed the design so that larger items could be shot at a higher trajectory.