Launching ideas

One of our can't-help-himself makers dropped in this morning before heading out to BOCES to drop off this catapult he fashioned during breakfast break. I am displaying it next to a more finished one made years ago at Afton.

His model will be a very instructive tool as an example of a high-creativity / low craftsmanship first-draft prototype that gets an idea out on the table for analysis and revision.( I suspect this version has some revisions already; like that little piece of straw on the lip of the spoon to help hold the payload in place!)