Student Building Project

As part of our Science unit on Building Things and Simple Machines we are going to be making Rube Goldberg Machines. Please see the videos below for inspiration and ideas for supplies. I am asking students to bring in various items from home that we can use in building our Machines. DO NOT bring anything of value or importance that you will want returned please. Please see the list below for ideas.

• empty paper towel rolls
• empty wrapping paper rolls
• various tubes
• wood wedges
• off cut wood pieces
• dowel of various sizes
• wood bbq skewers  
• tracks
• balls
• yarn
• cloth
• playing cards from incomplete sets
• detergent jugs
• milk jugs
• empty thread spools
• film canisters(rare now i know)
• marbles
• screws
• nails
• bottle lids of various sizes

The Simple Machines that we have learned about are pulleys, wedges, screws, inclined plains, levers, and wheels and axels. The requirement of the project is that each group has an example of each simple machine in the finished built project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FzUx2EFk8s