Rube Goldberg Project

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Rube Goldberg Project
Chain Reaction Machine
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The Problem
Some people dont believe in working together or
sharing ideas.
The Mission
Your mission is to build a Rube Goldberg chain
reaction machine that demonstrates teamwork. You
must work on a team of two. Each team must build
a component of the chain reaction, passing a ball
from one component to another. At the end of the
chain reaction, the machine must display a joke
or throw candy or make music or squirt water.
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Teamwork is Crucial!

• Plan and design.
• Build modules.
• Document results.
• Connect each teams component.
• Test the chain.
• Take pictures for the website.
• Present project to the world.

Theres a lot to do! If we dont work
together, then neither will our machines work
together!
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Rube Goldberg Machines on YouTube
Rube Goldberg Machines from Japan 1 (930
min) http//www.youtube.com/watch?vfVZ07isS-po
Honda Ad http//www.youtube.com/watch?vFGngcQb_0q
g There are no computer graphics or digital
tricks in the film. Everything you see really
happened in real time exactly as you see it.
The film took 606 takes. On the first 605
takes, something, usually very minor, didn't
work. They would then have to set the whole thing
up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night
and day. The film cost six million dollars and
took three months to complete including a full
engineering of the sequence.
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You Get Points For

1. Most number of modules used in your component
2. Best looking as voted by your peers
3. Teamwork! Working together and exchanging ideas

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Modules

• Modular construction is BIG!
• Break your solution into simple motion and
  structural modules.
• You may find instructions for useful modules in
  Build-It-Blocks.

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Look Good

• Decorate our modules!
• -make cool characters
• -draw signs the way
• -use many and shapes
• -be neat and organized
• A good idea that looks ugly
• may not get the attention it deserves!

way-cool
colors