Matchbox Launcher

Here are some pics from today of the boys and their friend, Jake. They built a lever to catapult their Matchbox cars into the air. They jumped on one end of the plank, which sent the car sailing off the other end. Several cars met their demise in the process, but it looked like a lot of fun, and I think there may have been some learning about the laws of physics, too.

Here's the set up:


And the launch: