Our objective is to create an open-source library of teaching materials to go with the Xpult catapult. Currently, the following documents are available. Please email us any new applications and we will gladly post them (under your copyright) on this site.

Java-based interactive simulator (written by MIT PhD Student Troy Savoie...Thanks, Troy).
(Must have Java 1.6/6 on your computer...allow download and run when prompted.)

Assignment (to be handed out to students with the Xpult):

Xpult - basic instructions for graphing and functions (7th - 12th grade)
Xpult - advanced instructions for statistics, standard deviation, histogram (11th grade - college)
Xpult for Problem Solving and Experimentation; Six sigma (as used at Wharton/Penn Engineering)

Powerpoint Slides for Classroom discussion

Slides for problem solving class

Slides for six sigma class

Excel files

An example of a DOE table

A simulator of the Xpult

An overview of the Xpult: presentation at INFORMS Meeting

XPULT Presentation