Kate in Arabia Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I thought it might be fun to try and start a Rube Goldberg club... like have a box of materials for each team of kids and they need to use them to build something to perform a task, like knock a block off a table or something. Has anyone tried something like this, or know where I could get ideas for projects they could attempt? General searching online leads mostly to videos of completed machines... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 http://www.anl.gov/Careers/Education/rube/rubeteams.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Thanks for the link... I'm hoping to find some beginner projects to get us started -- this is assuming I can even find other kids in our area who would be interested in doing something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Radiobrain here on the WTM has one in her siggy--maybe ask her? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDad Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 :bigear: My co-op hopes to establish a club like that around May-ish, but we don't really have any idea where to start either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photo Ninja Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Look at Junk Box Wars. We did this with my sons and some friends and they really enjoyed it. It was creative and fun, and they had to design machines that really worked to accomplish the task. http://sciencespot.net/Pages/junkboxprojects.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tara~ Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I have nothing to add...I just think this is an awesome idea! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Thinking about it more, I thought what if we started with some simpler things like maybe give them a box of dominoes and have them play with setting up runs -- maybe require one to be multi-level (like some on top of a box going down to a table, kwim?). Maybe a marble run? So try having them play with individual elements, then later have them work on combining different elements... hm... The Junk box link looks great, thanks for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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