Overall, the process of designing the Rube Goldberg machine was fun and also challenging. The most challenging part was designing the machine, I had to alter it two times and it took fifty-three tries. Also, the car kept missing the block so the machine couldn’t function. When it finally succeeded, the inclined planes that the car was to run down had to be carefully placed and aligned with the block.

The easiest parts of the Rube Goldberg were drawing the sketch and making the video, making the video was easy because I knew what to do and place in it because of my script. Drawing the sketch was easy because I just had to draw the plan and what I predicted/thought would happen, I wouldn’t have to actually test the design/plan until I got to the designing and testing stage.

I learned that sometimes your invention won’t work and that you have to keep trying and changing things to make it successful.

Making the video was easy because I had a whole document devoted to it, the script was very detailed (narration, hear, see, etc.) Also, I had all the video clips and pictures that I was going to use downloaded into wevideo and I just had to put them inside the timeline.

(Rube Goldberg machine sketch)

The sketch I made doesn’t look anything like the final build, I had to change things because I realized that the sketch would never work.

(Rube Goldberg machine video)

The resources I used to make my Rube Goldberg machine were, “Sprice on America’s Got Talent” and, “Joseph’s Machines” The simple machines I used in my Rube Goldberg machine were, two inclined planes and a wheel and axle.