Grade+8+Rube+Goldberg+Projects

 8B and 8F Rube Goldberg Projects Problem: You and your team of researchers are exploring different ways to pop a balloon. The government agency that you work for has told you that popping the balloon is the task that must be eventually performed. The government has also required you to create a complex machine to accomplish this simple task. They have asked you to create a Rube Goldberg machine to better understand the physics of simple machines.

What is a Rube Goldberg? Best known for his INVENTIONS, Rube’s early years as an engineer informed his most acclaimed works. A Rube Goldberg contraption – an elaborate set of arms, wheels, gears, handles, cups, and rods, put in motion by balls, canary cages, pails, boots, bathtubs, paddles, and live animals – takes a simple task and makes it extraordinarily complicated. He had solutions for How To Get The Cotton Out Of An Aspirin Bottle, imagined a Self-Operating Napkin, and created a Simple Alarm Clock – to name just a few of his hilariously depicted drawings (from www.rubegoldberg.com)

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Sarah, Seohyun, Peter, HY and Eldred media type="youtube" key="5MTDv6GNkUM" height="199" width="245"

Christine, Jane, Jenny, and Angie media type="youtube" key="0VSUQ-foxdk" height="196" width="240"

Kathy, Megan and Leah media type="youtube" key="SIBQI4VoV8U" height="194" width="238"

Sebastian, Brendan, and Tom media type="youtube" key="TLlZvABO-Pc" height="202" width="248"

CJ, Andy, and Cris media type="youtube" key="WO9IcEZhMSU" height="157" width="194"

Austin and Andrew media type="youtube" key="Pv0nPMfmBaM" height="176" width="217"

Final Rube Goldberg Thoughts media type="youtube" key="U7XNSxoBq-k" height="181" width="222" Some final thoughts on Rube Goldberg