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Splash, Pop, Fizz: Rube Goldberg Machines
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Swanson, Jackie |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Refreshed with an understanding of the six simple machines; screw, wedge, pully, incline plane, wheel and axle, and lever, student groups receive materials and an allotted amount of time to act as mechanical engineers to design and create machines that can complete specified tasks. Refreshed with an understanding of the six simple machines; screw, wedge, pully, incline plane, wheel and axle, and lever, student groups receive materials and an allotted amount of time to act as mechanical engineers to design and create machines that can complete specified tasks. For the competition, they choose from pre-determined goal options such as: 1) dumping goldfish into a bowl, 2) popping a balloon, or 3) dropping mint candies into soda pop (creating a fizzy reaction). Students demonstrate their functioning contraptions to the class, earning points for using all six simple machines, successful transitions from one chain reaction to the next, and completion of the end goal. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Central Michigan University |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Problem Solving Competition Rube Goldberg Machine Simple Machines |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT1H30M |
| Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics |
