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Pumpkin Launch at Shaker High School
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A pumpkin is launched during Shaker High School physics classes' second annual Pumpkin Launch, held Oct. 21 & 23. Physics students has to design machines that would launch a 1.814 kg pumpkin at least 5 meters without damaging the pumpkin. The winning machine launched a pumpkin 26.2 meters.