Rube goldberg machines:
Reuben Lucius Goldberg (Rube Goldberg) was a very creative thinker. His ideas for inventions and contraptions have been inspiring people for many years to create their own Rube Goldberg machines.
top secret qr activity:
Using your top secret QR scanner you are asked to decrypt the special link embedded in the image to find out some further information on Rube Goldberg. Please remember to make notes from this information as it will be used for your next assignment.
Agent haiku deck assignment:
Students are to prepare a 10-slide slideshow using the Haiku Deck app on their iPad. In your slideshow you are asked to include information you researched on Rube Goldberg from the decrypted QR image in the previous activity. When you are finished you will be asked to update all the other agents on your findings by displaying your Haiku onto the class team board wirelessly via an app called Reflector.
Types of rube goldberg machines:
Watch the two video clips presented below. Although the creators of these two Rube Goldberg machines used very different materials, they both had to consider the same kinds of things when they were planning, building and testing their machines.
Audri's Rube Goldberg Machine:
Audri's Rube Goldberg Machine:
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Important questions to ask:
1. What type of simple machines do you see in this video? 2. What types of compound machines do you see in this video? |
Honda's Rube Goldberg Machine:
Important questions to ask:
1. What type of simple machines do you see in this video? 2. What types of compound machines do you see in this video? |
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create your own rube goldberg inspired project
In order to graduate from Agent In-Training to become an active agent ready for duty, you will need to demonstrate all that you have learned from your previous missions. Don't sweat it! You can make it through this, we have great faith in you. Here are your options:
1.) Be a cartoonist: Design your own comical Rube Goldberg machine using the same style that Reuben Goldberg did in his cartoon drawings. You can use the official Rube Goldberg website and other internet resources to learn more about his style and see other examples of his cartoons. You can decide what method you are going to use to create and share your final product.
2.) Build a Rube Goldberg Machine: Design your own Rube Goldberg machine like Audri did in the video seen above. You will need to plan your machine, build it, and test it to be sure that the outcome you want to have happen actually happens. You can create and test your machine at home and then film the process as Audri did to share the results. You can construct your machine in the classroom or another spot at school that works to demonstrate your machine live in person. You should keep Scientific notes like a journal, as you work through the planning, building and testing process to show what you had to do along the way to meet with success.
3.) Create your own project: If you have your own idea for a Rube Goldberg inspired project, share your idea with your teacher and convince them that this project is a great way to show what you have learned in this unit.
1.) Be a cartoonist: Design your own comical Rube Goldberg machine using the same style that Reuben Goldberg did in his cartoon drawings. You can use the official Rube Goldberg website and other internet resources to learn more about his style and see other examples of his cartoons. You can decide what method you are going to use to create and share your final product.
2.) Build a Rube Goldberg Machine: Design your own Rube Goldberg machine like Audri did in the video seen above. You will need to plan your machine, build it, and test it to be sure that the outcome you want to have happen actually happens. You can create and test your machine at home and then film the process as Audri did to share the results. You can construct your machine in the classroom or another spot at school that works to demonstrate your machine live in person. You should keep Scientific notes like a journal, as you work through the planning, building and testing process to show what you had to do along the way to meet with success.
3.) Create your own project: If you have your own idea for a Rube Goldberg inspired project, share your idea with your teacher and convince them that this project is a great way to show what you have learned in this unit.
hidden level of knowledge:
In order to gain access to each level of knowledge in this mission you must first gain access to the hidden mission page links. To do that you must click on the link below: