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Rube goldberg machine reflection
- 1. Grace Lee 5A 4/06/2015 Our Rube Goldberg machine Group: Emmy, Grace, Phoebe and Milly. Rube Goldberg machine
- 2. Our instruction was to create a machine that made a simple task but in a complicated way. The machine also needed to have 4 simple machines and 4 elements. I joined a group with Emmy, Phoebe and Milly. We planned out that we would flip a page in a book and throw some rubbish in the bin, but that our original idea. Our final point of the machine was to flip the page in the book and put the lid on the bin. Objective Project Description
- 3. Results Emmy learnt about chain reactions and what they are. Phoebe understood how simple machine work and what they are(Same with me). Milly found out how to make a Rube Goldberg machine and what pulley are. Overview
- 4. Measurements Measurements of the box(approx.) Length: 173 cm Width: 107 cm Measurements of the actual machine Length: 172 cm Width: 44 cm What we did Step . Plan on what we need and on the starting design. Step 2. Put our plans together. Step 3. Bring materials in. Step 4. Make the elements of the machine. Step 5. Put the elements together and try to make it work smoothly. Step 6. Video the Rube Goldberg machine Step 7. Type up our reflection Procedure / Measurements
- 5. Dominoes x17 Roll of masking tape x1(we used very little) Empty tube of tennis balls x1 Approx. 30 cm of plastic tubing x1 Marble roller with marbles x1 Handmade wedge x1 Materials Swim noodle x1 Lego car x1 Mini F1 car x1 Cardboard box x3 Pulley x1 String x1 Desk bin x1 Hardcover book x1 Paper roll x1
- 6. Simple machines Simple machines: Pulley Inclined plane Wedge Wheel and axel
- 7. Marble roller and tube-Element 1 I searched through my old toys and found the old marble roller from Grade 3. The marble roller is at the very start of the machine which the marble later goes through the tube.
- 8. Wedge and car-Element 2 We never thought of this element because we originally used the catapult. For a long time we kept using the catapult hoping it would work but.. There were some technical difficulties. We finally had an idea of a new element(the wedge and the car) and removed the catapult.
- 9. Car and dominoes-Element 3 Fortunately, this element was part of our original model, which was a relief of not having to change everything incase it backfired.
- 10. Pulley and bin-Element 4 Mr. McKie supplied us with pulleys and Emmy brought in her Smiggle desk bin. This element is the last stage of the machine and the hardest part because we couldn’t get the dominoes to release the string properly.(But we worked out what was going on after experimenting closely).
- 11. Enjoy and thanks for watching/reading! Video