How Can You Launch a Toothpick 12 Inches Using a Battery, Magnets, and Wire?

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Homework Statement


Make a toothpick move or shoot 12 inches using a 6 Volt lantern battery, magnets, wire, (& anything else necessary)

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Made a "beakman's motor" and tried to insert a toothpick in the wire, so it can spin and then launch, but failed, need another solution/ideas to try, using the above materials.
 
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you can make a pretty strong electromagnet that will move a toothpick with a bit of metal stuck to it... youl need a core though and a fairly big bit of wire. don't honestly know how much wire/iron youl need to get it to move from 12inches away... just spit-balling