Our teacher, Ms. Edwards assigned a project called a Rube Goldberg. A Rube Goldberg is a complex machine that completes a simple task. I will be writing about the list of resources, my final sketch, and the video.

I came up with ideas for my rube goldberg contraption by watching videos of different rube goldberg machines. After our Rube Goldberg we had to make a video of the whole experience of making the machine. I made lots of changes in my video so I had to keep on changing the script. In my video I included different angles of my machine. I only used this angle in the success so the viewer could get a better view of the success. I Also put music in my video. I put some of my fails in the video too. I tried to show different fails instead of showing the same type of fails. I also showed some pictures of my machine and mentioned the supplies I used before showing fails of my machine.

Some resources I used were Joseph’s machines, past students Rube Goldberg’s, and some youtube videos. Joseph’s machines inspired me most because he used lots of different materials for his machines. Some of my friends have helped me think of ideas and some materials to use. At first I wanted to knock down bowling pins, but I decided to make my contraption give treats to my dog.

After my first sketch I made my final sketch. I removed some steps like knocking down books and more. I made these changes because I realized that they wouldn’t work that well and it might be too much. I also changed the name from Rube Goldberg to the Dog Treater. In the corner I put a chart with what simple machines I used and what I made for them. 

Overall I think that this project was really fun and it gave me a chance to be really creative. It was hard and frustrating because it didn’t work and I had to set it up each time it failed. But I really liked this project.

Here’s my Wevideo: https://youtu.be/nkPyPc7tYVE