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Goldberg Machine Project
A “Rube Goldberg Machine” is a machine made to accomplish a very simple task in as many steps as possible. For example, you might have played the game called "MouseTrap", where you trip the first mechanism and that leads to a series of events until the cage falls on the mouse. You may also have seen the "Wallace and Grommit" movies, which show a machine with complicated steps getting Wallace dressed in the morning.
TASK: Build a Goldberg machine that will pop a balloon.
This needs to be primarily STUDENT work. Adults may help a little bit, especially with wood-cutting, etc., but please do NOT do this for your child.
Use the list below to earn points:
- 10 pts. End result: the machine pops a balloon
- 10 pts. The machine works on the first try, and only needs a person to start the first action
- up to 60 pts. The machine uses simple machines (10 points per type of simple machine used) and the student can point them out and tell their type
- 10 pts. The machine will fit on a student desktop (44 cm. x 86 cm.)
- 10 pts. The student has a diagram showing their plan for the Goldberg machine
- Simple Machines website
- Rube Goldberg machines general information and ideas: (Don’t follow the project directions for your extra credit. This is some other person’s site.)
- Wikipedia's article about the Honda advertisement called "Cog"
- Honda's "Cog" advertisement video
- Music video for "This Too Shall Pass"
- Fantastic Contraption lets you build Goldberg Machines online!
- See our student-created PowerPoint presentations about Simple Machines!
Can you identify what this "Goldberg Machine" is supposed to do?
