The steps for our process in building our Rube Goldberg changes a lot. We had to keep on changing because we didn’t really like the shape of the shape of the dominos. The first set up had a marble run that hit the dominos, and then a ball, jenga pieces, DVDs, another ball, and then more dominos. The last dominoes had a pulley that would hit the balloon to pop it. The next time we tried we changed the DVDs for a deck of Uno cards. We also changed the marble run to a electric car. Last we swapped the Jenga pieces and dominos. We finally had success.
Category Archives: 5th Grade
Rube Goldberg – #2
Our first day of building for Rube Goldberg took us more than 3 hours. It was really hard because we had to get everything right. We also had to make it at least eight steps. On the first day we all got really mad at each other and that was hard to handle. One thing that happened when we got mad at each other was we shook the table that the dominos were on and the dominos fell down. One reason that we got mad at each other was that the dominos weren’t steady and that was frustrating. We solved the problem by eating because we all were hangry. Over the next few days that we were building we did not get mad at each other anymore. The reason we didn’t get mad at each other is that we had a plan to not get hangry. This of course involved eating and taking breaks to relax. I think this is great advice for more than just Rube Goldberg.
Rube Goldberg – #1
Hello and welcome back to Samara’s world. Today I’m talking about Rube Goldberg. If you don’t know what Rube Goldberg is, I’ll explain it to you. Rube Goldberg is a simple machine that has steps to move a item from the start to the finish. The finish has to be a simple task. For example, my groups final task was to have a balloon pop. Another example of a final task is the flip of a light switch. Those were the two final tasks that we were trying to do. The steps before the final tasks were things like knocking over dominoes, a ramp and Jenga pieces. For Rube Goldberg at Heathcote my partners were Mia and Rocío.
Feature Article Podcast Reflection
Hello and welcome back to Samara’s World. Today we are talking about my feature article. My podcast took over a week, to finish. I had a partner her name was Cameron. One of my favorite was writing the script. The hardest thing was getting the sound right and editing. It was fun working with a partner but we had to do are podcast separate.
My Goals
My personal goal is I want to get better at cooking. I will help my parents with dinner, lunch and breakfast. My goal for school is I want to get better at reading and math. I will try to read more. For math, I will practice more.
Infographic
Welcome back to Samara’s world. Today’s post is about infographics! Now what is an infographic? An infographic is something that explains who someone is or what something is. For example, you could make one about Julia Child. It would include her life cycle or information about her or a picture. I did my infographic on Newton’s Three Laws.
My experience learning about Newton’s Three Laws was good. I went on BrainPop and learned all I needed to know about his three laws. I then started writing about what his three laws were using my own words. I also added a picture of him to my infographic. Here is a picture of my infographic.
Book Reviews or recommendation
Welcome back to Samara’s world. Today’s post talks about a really good book called “invisible Emmie” by Terri Libenson. I like this book because it talks about the struggles that Emmie faces in life. The way it is described feels so real it’s like I can feel her pain. “Invisible Emmie” is also about friendship and how she loses some friends but she gets them back. It talks about how she feels invisible and she feels like nobody really cares about her. I will recommend this book to anyone that likes comic books and friendship books.
Philadelphia trip
Welcome back to Samara’s world! Today I will be talking about my experience on our Philadelphia trip. We went to Philadelphia as a grade last fall. The four classes took two busses and spent the entire day exploring the city. I think Philadelphia will be one of my strongest memories from Heathcote.
When I think back on Philadelphia, I think mostly of the bus ride. The bus ride was so, so much fun. I sat next to Lily G, who is a friend from my class. We had fun watching television, playing on our phones, talking to our friends, and hanging out with each other. The one complaint I have about the bus is that we were seated in front of the bathroom and the garbage can which were very not pleasing.
When we got to Philadelphia, we first saw the presidents. There was a wall full of presidents. When you are going to be a president, there is a photo wall thing for that. After the wall of pictures, we went upstairs and we saw a bunch of flags across the hallway. They were on the roof and all over. We also went to a museum that had Alexander Hamilton stuff. Our group did not go to the liberty bell because it was a really long line. But there was a window right where the liberty bell was so we took pictures of that.
So if you want to go to Philadelphia I recommend you take a bus with all of your friends!
Edcamp Experience #2
Today we did Edcamp again. It was fun. I like learning about what people do and learning about job that maybe I can think about doing one day.
I learned about someone who helps over 100 people around the world that need help. She helps kids who are in need of food clothes and a place to live. I learned that there are many ways to help people around the world.
I also learned about someone who works with solar panels. He also won the Nobel Bell Prize. I learn that when you turn off your water then the water is still running.
I loved both of the speakers that I heard today. I learned a lot about both of them and about what they do. Thank you for reading Samara’s World.
Edcamp experience
I think edcamp was great. Edcamp is where parents come in and tell us about there job. I saw someone who was a interior designer and someone who works for magazines. Got to learn more about what they do. My kitchen is getting redone, so that was fun to learn about. The magazines was super cool to I learn that theres business when you make a magazine.