Cupids Bow Challenge

The problem: Cupid lost his bow and arrow and its almost Valentines Day. Can you
build a tiny bow that can accurately shoot arrows into a heart?

Your task: Using only the supplies available to you in your bag, your task is to build a
bow to make arrow hit the heart target.

Planning: Together with your partner, look at the materials in your bag. Decide how you
will build your bow. You will have 10 minutes.

Materials: The materials you will have to choose from to create your bow are listed
below.

Materials Limits Used

(how many of each material)
What materials did you
Popsicle sticks none decide to use?
Paper clips none popsicle sticks
Straws none q-tips
Yarn/string none tooth picks
Tooth picks none ruberbands
Q-Tips none
Rubber bands none

Sketch: In your Science Log, draw a model of your Bow.

Design: You have 20 minutes to build, test, and modify your bow
and arrow. Keep in mind:
What is your design goal?
How much force will your design require?
What angle launches the furthest?
Have you tested a different way?
What improvements can you make?

Test Data
Keep track of your testing data below.
Test What happened Changes you made Distance
Numbe in inches
r
 1 It almost got to
the heart

10

Group Data: As teams are shooting their arrow, record their data
below.

Team ? Team ?
number number
1 14
2 15
3 16
4 17
5 18
6 19
 7 20
8 21
9 22
10 23
11 24
12 25
13 26

Observations and Reflections: Record your answers below.

What went well? What would you change?

I would not use the hole

Getting a hole in the puncher
popsicle stick use a string
getting it almost to the bind it better
heart
getting it to look like a
arrow

How did you work with your buddy? How would you rate this challenge?
Explain

We worked together
we worked fast so we made It was great! I say that because tried
two our best to make something
we were being nice