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Coming up with Ideas for Rube Goldberg!

Hello Everyone,

Last week my teacher introduced my classmates and I to a project we will be working on over the next month.  A Rube Goldberg machine!! You had the choice to work alone or in a small group. A Rube Goldberg machine is when there is a complicated chain reaction just to do a simple task.

For my Rube Goldberg I’m working with my friend Kate. I chose to work with Kate because we work really well together. I wanted to work with someone because 2 brains can make a stronger project. From the start we knew exactly what we wanted to do. Although we knew exactly what we wanted to do we still thought of more ideas. We finally narrowed it down to a few:

-turning on a phone

-opening a app on a phone

-cracking a egg

We still weren’t sure so we had to put a lot more thought into it and how we would do it. After awhile we decided to open a app on a phone.

 

Overall Collaboration

Through out this project I think Kate and I worked very well together. Whenever we met we already knew what we were gonna work on. We planned ahead of time. We didn’t argued much because we basically had the same ideas. When we came to a spot where we disagreed we thought about what would be best for this project, then we tested both ideas out. We argued about how we were gonna get our task to work but tested each idea out and quickly found out which one worked better. Kate and I always work well together so I wasn’t surprised.

When we had to come up with ideas we didn’t disagree. We came up with ideas  if we didn’t want to use it then, we picked our favorite. We didn’t disagree about our ideas at all so we were quick to decide. When we had to think about how we were gonna make our task work we realized that it didn’t work so we had to come up with another idea.

When we built and sketched our Rube Goldberg it went very smoothly. We tested each part out to make sure that it all worked before adding it together. After we tested each part we sketched it so there was nothing to argue about.

Overall, Kate and I worked really well together and it couldn’t of gone more smoothly.

 

Editing Our Rube Goldberg

When we first started editing we started with by discussing what we needed in the video. We figured out that we needed a intro, fails, success, credits and a slow motion. Kate brother Kyle showed us were to find different songs, themes and backgrounds. When it was time to put the slow motion in it was unclear what was happening so we had to get creative and decide to re film it at different angles.

One challenge we faced was getting the volume and music well balanced. Another challenge we faced is was making sure everything was correct in terms of grammar. We were able to face all of our challenges with a little bit of help from Kyle.

Even though the process took really long I really like the way the video turned out.

 

Testing Our Rube Goldberg

Today we met to test and film our Rube Goldberg. I was really excited because I wasn’t sure how many fails we were gonna have. We had worked really had and tested out each part out before adding it together so it us unpredictable how many fails we were gonna have.

Finally we started to test it out. When I flipped the switch the platform didn’t move so I flipped it the other way and it still didn’t turn FAIL. The next time I flipped the switch it worked and everything worked except our task FAIL. Then I flipped the switch it worked until the marble went off the ramp FAIL. Finally I flipped the switch and IT WORKED! We had 3 fails and 1 success.

Building Our Rube Goldberg

When we started to build we started with how we were gonna start it. We tested out a bunch of things the could work and found the best one. Next we built how we were gonna finish it. Since we already knew how we were gonna finish it we got right to work. We wanted to build the start and end and fill in the middle. After we were done with the end we when back to the begin and added on. Then we added on to the end and found a way for each side to meet together. We built each part separately and tested them out. When we made sure that each part worked then added it all together.

Sketching our Rube Goldberg

When it came time to do our sketch we gathered materials and studied them to see what we could do with them. Then we thought about how we could make our task work. We soon realized the it would be hard so we decided to change our idea. We put a lot of thought into because we wanted our idea to be the perfect fit. After awhile of thinking we finally came up with our idea. We figured out how we could get it to work. We thought that it would be easier to work backwards then work forwards so we drew out how we would end it then worked backwards. It was a struggle because we weren’t sure what would work and what wouldn’t. We decided that we would test things out then draw it out so we can change our decision easily because we had already tried it.

Rocketry Unit

Today we presented our rocketry slideshow. 3 out of the 5 groups went: Rockets Inc., Radical Rockets and Rocket Crushers. The remaining groups: Flying Savages and The Rampaging Rockets would go tomorrow. On both days the Rocketry Unit Overview group would go. The class was divided into 5 groups with 4 members in each group. I was in Rockets Inc. and the Rocketry Unit Overview.

For each Rocket we had to design, build, launch and reflect. As we were in the process we had to make a slideshow that took you through the experience. We had to include our thoughts and why we made a decision or why we changed something to improve our rocket.

I was pretty nervous for the presentation. We started practicing The Rocketry Unit Overview about a week ago so we weren’t as prepared. However we have been working on the slideshow since the beginning of the year and started practicing it at least a month ago. I thought that I did much better then I expected.

 

DI Dare

Hi Everybody,

Today I’m going to talk about a series on youtube called Di Dare. Di Dare is where 2 youtubers come together and pick from a bow one DIY. The DIYS are cool. Then the 2 youtubers start to make the DIY. When their done they decide who wins (It is usaully pretty easy to decide who wins). The loser has to do a dare. I love thius series because it is super fun but you can also learn how to make a DIY. If you are bored I totally recommend to watch this series and maybe try a DIY.

 

Book Clubs: Eight Keys Jot 1

Elise isn’t super mad at Franklin and wants to still share fun times with him. I think this because when Elise decides to go open one of the eight doors one day and she is on the bus ride home from school she is thinking that Franklin should come with her to open the door and share the fun with her. Even though they are in a fight Elise thinks that he should come with her but something is stopping her from doing it even though Elise is sorry for what she has done even though she still thinks she is right and Franklin is wrong.

Baking

Hi everybody, today I will be talking about something that waters my mouth, I beg to make and eat… BAKING!!! I love to bake! Some of my favorite things to bake are cupcakes, cakes, cookies, brownies etc. All of that stuff waters my mouth but I know it;s not good for me. Anyways I love to watch cooking videos! Down below you find one of the youtube channels I love to watch:

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