February 5

Rube Goldberg

A Rube Goldberg Machine (RGM) is a crazy contraption which accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated and funniest way possible. They are based on the “invention” cartoons of the famous, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist, Rube Goldberg. To go to the Rube Goldberg site, click here.

The 2022 machine contest has been announced. Click here for the entry form. Be an engineer and create a Rube Goldberg machine!

Check out this biography about Rube Goldberg. Click here. What perseverance!

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Click here to read Rube Goldberg’s Simple Hum Drum School Day. Draw a crazy contraption! What a fun way to demonstrate cause and effect relationships and apply force and motion concepts! All ages will enjoy this creative task!

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