Rube Goldberg

By, Caitlin Dwyer, Isabella

Madison, and Kendal Scheiner

Four Energy transfers

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4)

The weight on the pulley goes from

Potential Energy to Kinetic when it is
dropped
The marble beneath the level starts as
potential energy to kinetic when the side of
the lever moves
The army figure starts as potential energy
and goes to kinetic energy when the marble
hits it off of the inclined plane
The weight connected to the homework
paper begins with potential energy and goes
to kinetic energy when hit off of the inclined
plane

Five Simple Machines

1)

Pulley

4) Screw

2)

Wedge

5) Lever

3)

Inclined Plane

1o Steps
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Pull the wood piece to drop the weight on the pulley

Have the pulley lift the wedge to start the ball rolling
Have the ball go down an inclined plane
Go through a screw
Hit one side of a lever to then release a new ball rolling down an inclined plane
The new ball hits and knocks down a weight to release our summer poster
The ball falls into a funnel
The funnel puts the ball onto another inclined plane where it rolls down
The ball then hits another weight
That finally tears our homework paper in half

Math and Schematics

Work Log
6/23 (1 day) was spent brainstorming and gathering materials
Days 5/24-6/2 (6 days) were spent building the machine
6/3 (1 day) was spent working on presentation and

Did We do it
Better?

Yes!

We got as much work done in 2

weeks as we did it the beginning
of the year in 6 weeks
We made a machine with more
components (having a banner,
pool divers, and ripped
homework)
We had a better understanding
of the physics/math behind it
after learning it throughout the
year

Our Rube Goldberg in Action

Thank You!
Questions or Comments?