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What in the world is a Rube Goldberg Contraption?

What in the world is a Rube Goldberg Contraption?. Who in the world was Rube Goldberg?. Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor and author. What in the world did he do?. Best known for his “inventions”

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What in the world is a Rube Goldberg Contraption?

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  1. What in the world is a Rube Goldberg Contraption?

  2. Who in the world was Rube Goldberg? • Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor and author.

  3. What in the world did he do? • Best known for his “inventions” • A Rube Goldberg contraption takes a simple task and makes it extraordinarily complicated. • Watch these modern examples of his invention • Honda Commerical http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4187430023476942057# • OK Go video http://www.nme.com/nme-video/video/70242642001 • Japanese Contraption http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4187430023476942057#docid=-9133671200734505806

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  5. What in the world does this have to do with me? • You and your partners must design and build a Rube Goldberg contraption that uses at least • One pulley • One inclined plane • and made to catch a marble in a cup - or other function you think up.

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