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Rube Goldberg Challenge

Join the Rube Goldberg Challenge and create a wacky contraption using simple machines to pop a balloon in at least six different steps. Learn problem-solving, teamwork, and engineering skills along the way.

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Rube Goldberg Challenge

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  1. Rube Goldberg Challenge iArtsClass Fall 2012

  2. The Challenge Background • Rube Goldberg’s award-winning cartoons satirized machines and gadgets. These cartoons combined simple machines and common household items to create complex and wacky contraptions that accomplished mundane and trivial tasks. • His inventions became so widely known that Webster’s Dictionary added “Rube Goldberg” to its listing, defining it as “accomplishing by complex, roundabout means what seemingly could be done simply.”

  3. Example of Rube Goldberg Cartoon

  4. Students’ Challenge • Students designed and built a Rube Goldberg machine. A good Rube Goldberg design incorporates the everyday machines people are used to seeing and connects them in ways that may seem wacky or ingenious. The students’ challenge was to construct a contraption that uses at least six different steps/stages to complete the following task: Pop a Balloon

  5. Machine Guidelines Some of the more challenging guidelines for this machine included: • Having only one human interaction with the machine to start the action • There must be at least three different simple machines used in the contraption • The machine should have a theme • Energy must be transferred up at least three inches somewhere in the run of the machine • A Rube Goldberg machine should make you smile!

  6. The BLU JONsBuilders League United, James – Olivia - Nathan

  7. Team SwagDaniel – Noah - Alex

  8. The ArtsJoanny – Aaron - CJ

  9. Three Neon Green KikachusEmma – Amelia - Jordan

  10. Challenge Wrap-up All teams were successful in creating a contraption that met all the criteria AND popped the balloon! (Some kept us guessing right to the end) The engineering design process was deeply imbedded in this course with students experiencing successes, failures, and redesigns. I am extremely proud of the students’ success and the learning that took place during this course. They all adapted to working in a team, developed their talents in this process, and had to depend on each other to accomplish this challenge. We all had an amazing experience! Mrs. Sharon Freeze, Librarian – Hilburn Academy

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