Month: February 2019

Rube Goldberg Blog Post #3

sgoldfarb26 5th Grade, Science ,

Rube Goldberg Blog Post #3

When I was building I had to think about what materials I would use. I decided to use board games as a flat surface, and cardboard boxes as a ramp. Then I needed a toy car , slinky, toilet paper roll, dominoes, and water bottles . We also used tissue boxes and packaging boxes as something to keep everything balanced to make sure everything was on a flat surface.

When I started to build it took me a while to set up the dominoes it took me a while because whenever I touched a domino all of the dominoes would fall down. It was also really hard to rap the rope around the cap of the water bottle.

Hopefully my final machine will turn out good and work.

Rube Goldberg Blog Post #2

sgoldfarb26 5th Grade, Science ,

Rube Goldberg Blog Post #2

My plan for my Rube Goldberg is to pop a balloon. While I was starting to plan I also tested to make sure some steps would work. I spent 15 minuets testing on the last step to make sure what would work and pop the balloon. I figued out how to make the balloon pop as long as the steps before the last step work.

I am having a lot of fun working on my Rube Goldberg machine. Sometimes I would wish that I had a partner but I think that working by myself is working pretty well for me so far because nobody has to agree with me I could just do it. Now I am up to building my Rube Goldberg I hope that it turns out to work. My goal is to make my Rube Goldberg work. I also hope that I get a clear video.

Rube Goldberg Blog Post #1

sgoldfarb26 5th Grade, Science ,

Rube Goldberg Blog Post #1

 

One of the biggest decisions I had to think about for my Rube Goldberg project was if I was going to work in a group or by my self. It was a hard decision but I decided to choose to work by my self. I made this decision for multiple reasons. One because I have a busy schedule and two because I would make the decisions on my own nobody would have to agree or disagree with me

Another hard decision about the Rube Goldberg project was what my simple task was going to be. I started with a lot of choices and I narrowed it down to two choices, popping a balloon or closing a door. I ended up deciding to do popping a balloon because I realized that closing a door would be hard because you would need a lot of strength to close a door.

I hope that my actual Rube Goldberg machine will turn out to be good and I hope that it will work.