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Rube Goldberg #2

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In my last blog post, I talked about what I had done so far on my Rube Goldberg project. Well, it is about a month after that, so I have more to share about it. In this blog post, I will be talking about what I had to change, what I liked about it, what went well, and much more. It took a lot of time to build, and record, but in the end, it worked out just fine.

I was very happy that my rube Goldberg turned out great, and that it reached the number of steps it was supposed to be. I was really surprised that it worked with only ten attempts! As you might have seen in my last blog post, we had to draw a sketch. The sketch did not work in the end, so we had to tweak it a bit. Our final rube Goldberg was really cool and I was impressed with how we did!

After we filmed our Rube Goldberg, we had to make a video of it. We used an app called WeVideo.The video was fun but challenging. I fought a lot with my sister because we could only do the WeVideo on one device, so we had to take turns doing it.

Something that went well was how Raiya and I were really patient. I know how you might think that ten tries were not a lot, but we had around 50 dominos and 20 Jenga blocks. Those items were really hard to set up, and if one falls, then you and your rube Goldberg were doomed. To us, 10 tries took an hour.

Something that went not so well was how Raiya and I were constantly fighting. It was very hard making a 16 step Rube Goldberg with a sister. We fought about the silliest things like who would set up what area, and who would do what in the WeVideo. I don’t know how we even survived 30 minutes together. Our parents were constantly complaining that they could hear us fighting from all the way upstairs.

Another problem was my stubborn dog. He was waiting patiently for his treat, and when our Rube Goldberg revealed it to him, he did not see it and it took a long time for him to notice that there was a treat right in front of his face! He must be blind or something.

In all, this project was one of the most fun, exciting, and hardest projects I have ever done. I would love to make another Rube Goldberg if I get the chance.

Rube Goldberg Post #1

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In school, we are making a Rube Goldberg machine. A Rube Goldberg is a machine that could do a simple task for you. It includes simple machines like a wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, lever, inclined plane, and screw.

I am working with my sister Raiya (visit her blog to see her blog post). For the Rube Goldberg, I needed a lot of supplies. Some of the supplies were a tennis racket, dominoes, Jenga blocks, marbles, golf balls, Tape, cubs, Lego, building blocks, rolled-up posters, string, and much more.

Everyone needed a task for the Rube Goldberg machine to complete. We decided to make the Rube Goldberg give a treat to our dog charlie It took a long time to plan for the Rube Goldberg machine, but in the end, Raiya and I figured it out.

At first, I was really frustrated that my Rube Goldberg did not work. The golf ball never fell in the pulley, and the dominoes kept on falling when I tried to set the dominoes up.

When the Rube Goldberg finally worked I was really happy. I was confident that I could succeed, and my confidence paid off! I am also really relieved that I am finally done.

Something that was challenging was, the Rube Goldberg was not long enough. Since Raiya and I were working as a group, we had to make our Rube Goldberg twice as long. At first, that was tricky because we could not come up with any more steps. It was really difficult, but we decided that we could expand more at the beginning and the end.

Another thing that was tricky was the simple task at the end. Like I said earlier, everyone has to have a task that the Rube Goldberg completes for you. For Raiya and I, we decided to make the machine deliver a treat for charlie, my dog. That was the easy part. The hard part was what we struggled with. We did not know how to deliver the treat to charlie. Luckily my sister came up with a way that we could give him a treat. The solution was, we would make a tennis racket spin, which would knock over a cup with a treat under it.

As I said a lot before, Raiya and I worked as a group. It was hard to work with her because we had separate ideas which were both very good. I think that it was a success that we managed to work together with only a little fighting. Normally when Raiya and work as a group, we fight a lot so this was very rare.

Another success is, how we did not get too frustrated if a thing did not work or even broke. Instead, we just fixed it, or even changed it, right away.

Overall, This Rube Goldberg was an amazing project and I would definitely want to do it again if I could. I hope that everybody else enjoyed this project as much as I did. If you want to see my sketch then scroll down.

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