Rube Goldberg #3

Rube Goldberg #3

Skeusch26 and I met again. I think this time went 100 times better than the last. We got a ton of work done! I think the reason for this is the fact that we did not get distracted. We worked the whole time I was at his house and we even worked when I left his house over the phone. I was a bit scared after our first meet up but now I know we can get this project done.

What we did was three things. Number one we tested, number two we revised, and lastly number three we filmed. Unlike last time when we tested our tests they actually worked! For example one test we did was pushing a car down a tube and hitting dominos at the bottom of it. After we tested we revised, which means we made our Rube Goldberg Machine better after we saw what the tests did. For example of this is that we had to revise our plan and shift the dominos so the car would perfectly hit them. Of course though we filmed the whole process so when we make a video on our Rube Goldberg Machine we can add our fails and successes.

Rube Goldberg #2

Rube Goldberg #2

http://blogs.scarsdaleschools.org/Skeusch26 and I met for the first time on Wednesday, I went to his house right after school. The first thing we did was gather materials we gathered everything we thought might be useful. For example Skateboards  and Dominoes. Next we just experimented we tested building blocks and a marble. We actually created a catapult by tapeing a triangle building block to a rectangle building block, and dropping a football on one side that sends a marble up.

I feel that Skeush26 and I worked okay together the first time we met. I just felt so free, like their was no boundaries. What I mean by this is that the possibilities were endless we could do anything and it was so hard to choose what to do! I hope it will be easier next wendnesday.

Rube Goldberg #1

Rube Goldberg #1

My whole grade is doing the Rube Goldberg project in school. The Rube Goldberg project is when you complete a simple task in a really complicated way. For example turning on a light switch or opening an umbrella… Rube Goldberg was an inventor who did wacky things like, completing a simple task in a really complicated way.

If you still don’t understand than watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rozV07bwebE

Or you can watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemItSAT9Ew

Or check out http://www.rube-goldberg.com/

I Decided to my Rube Goldberg project with a partner. I did this because I felt that if I did it alone my parents would of ended up helping out. Then it would not be my project it would be my parents project! I Decided to work with http://blogs.scarsdaleschools.org/Skeusch26/ We plan to meet every wednesday after school. I chose http://blogs.scarsdaleschools.org/Skeusch26/ to be my partner because I never really work with him, and because I know we would each be doing an equal amount of work.

Passion Project – Refining My Idea

The problem I choose is I have to stop lying down in class. This matters to me because even though it helps me write better it really ennoys people. Some ideas I have been thinking about to experiment is to try different things everyday like one I’ll try sitting on a table and so on to see what works best. Some idaes I have been brainstorming to  is mabey there could be a place in the room where I could lie down and it won’t ennoy other people. Or could the sulltion be that I could sit at tables and still be okay.

Passion Projects- Initial Thoughts

My Teacher gave us an assiment to change a problem in the classroom.

  • Some problems I have been brainstorming is I need to stop laying down in class.  I know thatit is very enoying to other kids that I lay down, but it is hard for me to write neet sitting chirs cross apple sause. I do wondor if I can sit at tables and write neat and not be ennoying to my fellow classmates, orf could the sullution be that I can get counsiquince?
  • Another problem I have been noting is that my class takes to much time going over the directions again.  My teacher a number of times a week. Mabey if our teacher only would only say something once those kids would learn there lesson, or could the sulltion be that those people who ask what to do will not be talked back to?
  • Another problem I am noticing is that our room is a mess. Loseleaf pappers are everywhere. Maybe if we did more stuff on the cumpture it would be less of a mess.