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Rube Goldberg Machines

8/6/2017

 
Team Awesome might have come home last week with all sorts of crazy, disjointed stories about some sort of machines we learned about and built. Here's the ungarbled version:
Most Wednesdays are 'Wonder Wednesday's, which means that we not only try and find the answers to some of our "I Wonders" that we write and put on the Wonder Wall but we also check out the Wonderopolous site to see what their Wonder of the Day is. Last week the question was "What is a Rube Goldberg machine?" and it included a great video as well as an explanation. Rube Goldberg machines are all about creating a machine (or contraption or invention or device or apparatus) that uses a chain reaction to accomplish a very simple task in a very complicated manner - and science is ALL about chain reactions! So after watching the video 3 (!) times, and a few others, Team Awesome was excited to try making their own Rube Goldberg machines during free choice time at the end of the day. They were actively engaged and the ideas were flying. The children were so involved in creating that they were reluctant to tidy up to go home at the end of the day, resulting in a few tantrums and lots of cajoling (which you probably heard if you were waiting in the hallway). I do not doubt that we will try building more Rube Goldberg machines before the end of the month.

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    We have taught many grades, including high school, but LOVE teaching primary.

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