1. Word cloud
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What is a Rube Goldberg machine?
2. Slide
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"Simple machines make work easier. They have few or no moving parts."
Learning objective:
3. Slide
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A Rube Goldberg machine is a complex machine with a chain reaction of steps to achieve a simple task. It is made up of everyday objects like a pulley, a lever, and a wheel. It is a fun way to use science and engineering to solve a problem!
What is a Rube Goldberg Machine?
4. Slide
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Rube Goldberg: A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device, or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, generally including a chain reaction. Gadget: A gadget is a small tool or device that has a particular purpose, but is often thought of as a novelty. Chain Reaction: A chain reaction is a sequence of events where the product of one event is the cause of the next event.
Concepts:
5. Slide
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Rube Goldberg's cartoons often featured 'inventions' that were made up of complex chain reactions of simple machines, such as levers, pulleys, and gears. Rube Goldberg was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist and a professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Rube Goldberg was the first cartoonist to be featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1931.
Did you know?
6. Open question
180 seconds
Work together in pairs: Q: What type of simple machine is often used in a Rube Goldberg machine?
7. Personalised Feedback
360 seconds
How does a Rube Goldberg machine work and what is the purpose or goal of it?
8. Open question
180 seconds
Work together in pairs: Q: What is an example of a Rube Goldberg machine?
9. Drawings
450 seconds
Brain break: Draw a banana playing basketball with an orange and a kiwi.
10. Poll
60 seconds
What is a Rube Goldberg machine?
- A contraption that performs a simple task through an unnecessarily complicated process
- A type of car
- An artist's tool
- A type of computer program
11. Poll
60 seconds
Who was Rube Goldberg?
- An American cartoonist and inventor who created the idea of the machines that bear his name.
- An English painter
- A Canadian athlete
- None of these
12. Poll
60 seconds
What is another term for a Rube Goldberg machine?
- Chain reaction
- Simple machine
- Pulley system
- Electric circuit
13. Poll
60 seconds
What are some common features in a Rube Goldberg machine?
- Marbles, dominoes, pulleys, inclined planes
- Gears and motors
- Lasers and robots
- None of these
14. Poll
60 seconds
What are some examples of tasks performed by Rube Goldberg machines?
- Pouring cereal into a bowl, opening an umbrella or turning off an alarm clock
- Cooking breakfast or doing laundry
- Building furniture or painting walls
- None of these
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