Today we established the ground rules. The class created the rubric that will be used for scoring. This included what the machines should look like, how they should operate, and what scientific concepts it must demonstrate. It also included team work, an essential skill for the 21st century! You can see the rubric below. Tomorrow, each small group will work together to decide on their goal; what is it they are going to try and accomplish. In the past we've seen everything from lamps turned on to a glass of water poured. The idea behind Rube Goldberg is to create a long and intricate machine that completes an ordinary and simple task. Wednesday they will plan out their machine and turn in a written engineering plan. Thursday they begin to build.
This project is due on December 19th at 10:00 AM.
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