Siege Engines

Presented By:David GibaldiKevin Dinan

Nicholas LeuthauserAlex Sheldon

Introduction

What is a siege engine?A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare.

Examples:

Catapult

Trebuchet

Ballista

The Task

Your assignment is to research five different types of siege engines. The following are required:

•A short description of each siege engine

•A photo or sketch of each

•Choose one example and design your own model

The Process

Using Internet search engines, find different types of siege engines.

Choose five to research more thoroughly. Using word processing software, complete

the short descriptions of each example. Based on your research choose one of the

five, design and construct your own model. Test and modify your finished model to throw

a ping pong ball a minimum distance of 15 feet

References

http://www.mechanicals.co.uk/mechanicals/projects/siege.htm

http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/siege-weapons.htm http://www.shoshone.k12.id.us/medieval/siege.htm http://www.camelotherald.com/newfrontiers/

siegeweapons.php http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Siege-

engines http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle36.htm

Evaluation

You will be graded in the following areas: Completeness of all five siege engine

descriptions Grammatically correct Accuracy of information

Presence of photos/sketch for

each siege engine Working model completed

Must throw 15 feet Matches existing siege

engine system

Conclusion

What did we learn? We learned that a siege engine is a device that is

designed to break city walls and other fortifications in warfare.

There are many different types of siege engines used today and in medieval times.

Some examples of siege engines include: Trebuchet Catapult Ballista Schleich Catapult The Mangonel