I know it's hard, but I'm going to ask you to remember the time before guns.  Think Gladiator.  Think Kingdom of Heaven.  Think Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (if you want to keep it real, you can try imagining it without the Orcs and elves and stuff, but I personally like to imagine the Middle Ages really were filled with those guys).  Yeah, that's right.  Back in the day, they fought with things like swords, bows and arrows, and catapults.  Now focus on the catapults.

I'll help you focus on the catapults with 4 minutes of catapult excellence from a few of our cinema favorites compiled by a fellow catapult enthusiast on YouTube.

So come to Hillview Library on December 9th for our Recycled Science Craft: Catapults program from3:30-4:30 PM.  We're not just going old school on the battle field, but we're doing it green-friendly style by using recycled materials like spoons, rubber bands.  Then you better hope your enemies don't like marshmallows, because that's going to be our primary weapon of attack.

I know shooting marshmallows probably isn't going to help you survive a zombie apocalypse (or will it?!), but it will help you demonstrate the awesomeness of physics; and with physics, you can survive ANYTHING.