Why can catapults/trebuchets throw objects so far? How can just two people operate such huge machinery? We will introduce siege weaponry from a physics lens. This course includes a demonstration with a counterweight trebuchet capable of throwing objects over 150 feet!

The course will serve as an introduction to the structure of light and the atom. It will be split up into two parts. The first part will be an introduction to the historical developments in the understanding of light and the atom. Additionally, the first part of the course will cover some introductory physics and quantum mechanics necessary for the second part of the course. The second part of the course will consist of taking data using a photo-electric effect experiment and analysis of the data taken to learn what its implications were.