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Rube Goldberg Machine Contests
2007 Rube Goldberg Contest
Rube2009 Rube Machine Contest
Honda Meets Rube Goldberg
Tea Bag in a Tea Cup Machine
Japanese Rube Goldberg Contest
Rube2009 Rube Machine Contest
Honda Meets Rube Goldberg
Tea Bag in a Tea Cup Machine
Japanese Rube Goldberg Contest
Project Details
In this project you will design and construct a “Rube Goldberg” style machine that uses at least 5 different types of energy and have at least 9 different energy transfers (10 steps) to accomplish the task. Types of energy include: kinetic, gravitational, elastic, chemical, biochemical, electrical, atomic/nuclear, thermal, radiant, and magnetic. (The use of nuclear is not permitted!)
Your task is to place a teabag into a teacup. The teabag and the teacup must be at least 1 meter apart at the start. The apparatus must begin with energy propagated at least 1 meter away from the teacup. You will be in charge of the placement of all items. A clean environment must be maintained throughout the demonstration (ie. if you use a liquid it must be contained). (NO MESSES!) No plug-in electrical equipment will be permitted. REMEMBER: SAFETY 1ST! Any machine deemed unsafe will receive a mark of 0%. (This may include the use of certain liquids, certain gases, flames or flying debris.)
The report must include a diagram, a list of each of the 10 steps and the type of energy used. Some objects used within your “machine” may actually use more than one type of energy. You must state all the types of energy for each object used. For example a toaster uses both electrical, and thermal energy (and chemical if you include bread; as well as kinetic energy if you wait for the bread to pop-up).
Grading will be based on:
/5 Success: Using 10 steps to place the teabag into the teacup (0 or a 5)
/5 Originality
/5 10 steps
/5 5 different types of energy
/5 Energy propagated at least 1m away (0 or 5)
/5 Set up and clean up time total to less than 4 minutes; running time to total less than two minutes (0 or 5)
/10 Overall effort and report
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/40 TOTAL
Your task is to place a teabag into a teacup. The teabag and the teacup must be at least 1 meter apart at the start. The apparatus must begin with energy propagated at least 1 meter away from the teacup. You will be in charge of the placement of all items. A clean environment must be maintained throughout the demonstration (ie. if you use a liquid it must be contained). (NO MESSES!) No plug-in electrical equipment will be permitted. REMEMBER: SAFETY 1ST! Any machine deemed unsafe will receive a mark of 0%. (This may include the use of certain liquids, certain gases, flames or flying debris.)
The report must include a diagram, a list of each of the 10 steps and the type of energy used. Some objects used within your “machine” may actually use more than one type of energy. You must state all the types of energy for each object used. For example a toaster uses both electrical, and thermal energy (and chemical if you include bread; as well as kinetic energy if you wait for the bread to pop-up).
Grading will be based on:
/5 Success: Using 10 steps to place the teabag into the teacup (0 or a 5)
/5 Originality
/5 10 steps
/5 5 different types of energy
/5 Energy propagated at least 1m away (0 or 5)
/5 Set up and clean up time total to less than 4 minutes; running time to total less than two minutes (0 or 5)
/10 Overall effort and report
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/40 TOTAL
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