Rube Goldberg Case Study

Background Knowledge: what students work well together in the classroom, they will be doing group work

One of the more important skills students will learn outside the classroom is teamwork. This quality can not be taught it must be learned by experience. Members will be on teams to compete in competitions. Students must learn the limits and strengths of their team member if they wish to succeed. This skill prepares students for the team work assignments which will be required in classes, as well as in everyday

The imagine that is displayed in the textbook is called the Rube Goldberg Machine. It was invented by a cartoonist named, Jeffrey Coolidge, whom was known for displaying simple tasks in complex ways. The image presented in the textbook, is showing how to turn on a light switch, by moving necessary objects with certain amount of force to be triggered. One must first set the obstacle into action for the effect to happen.

-Students are working in groups with different levels of understanding. Their peers will mentor them and hold them accountable to their work.

6. How team members can be given the opportunity to meet the course objectives and their personal learning goals.

• There is more than one path to achieve a goal. The majority of the classes at Jones require team problem-solving experiences. The evaluation was more heavily weighted on the collective approach to solving the problem. When teams presented their approach and answers, most teams prioritized and solved the problems differently, yet came to the same, correct answer. This has taught me that diverse thinking enables a greater contribution of ideas.

Our Rube Goldberg machine has fifteen steps, and in every step, there is a transfer of energy. In our machine there are three simple machines a wheel, a pulley, and a lever. These simple machines help conserve energy, and there is less work needed to accomplish a task. This project also helped us learn life lessons.

Anxious and excited, the eighth graders could not wait to step off the big yellow bus onto the soccer field of Pine Lake Challenge Course in Bristol, Connecticut. Working in small groups of eleven, students were faced with many different types of challenges that required teamwork. As a team, I believe most of our challenges were completed as best as they could be. This retreat gave me a wider view of how it really is like to work together.

Every Sunday morning, Americans fetch their newspapers from their porch, grab a steaming cup of coffee, and flip the thin sheets to the comic section. This ritual creates a connection between a cartoonist and his audience. Creating giggles and chuckles with his comic strips, Rube Goldberg took his fascination of technology and combined it with the belief that Americans complicate plans to complete simple tasks, giving birth to the Rube Goldberg Machine. His goal was to reverse the actual function of a machine, making difficult things simple, to express his feelings toward Americans. The machine relies on the relationships between everyday objects to get from point A to point B. For example, Goldberg devised a contraption entitled “How to Get Rid of a Mouse.” The idea is that a mouse will dive for a painting of cheese, flying through the canvas and onto the hot stove. Then, he will jump onto an ice cube to cool off, and a moving escalator will drop him on a boxing glove that knocks him into a basket. The basket, tied to a rocket, will set the miniature rocket off and fly him to the moon. If one step goes awry, the machine fails. All the seemingly random parts are connected by one main goal: getting rid of a mouse.

In my Rube Goldberg project had 8 energy transformations. My first energy transformation was elastic to gravitational, it started with a rubber band which is elastic potential but when the rubber band was streaked and released and hit the Jenga blocks the energy transformed into gravitational. The second transformation is gravitational to electrical, this happened when the Jenga blocks fell onto the switch on the fan which creates electrical energy. The third energy transformation was inside the fan it was electrical to mechanical. The electrical energy was from the outlet which was turned on by the switch in the fan, the transformation took place when the turbines in the fan started to spin creating mechanical energy. The fourth energy transformation

Promoting teamwork is one of the core values of the M-STEM Academy. Additionally, working with other people is a requirement for almost every job, so it is important to realize how to utilize its benefits as well as understanding how to work better together. The Crossing the Boundary activity challenged each team and the class overall to list all of the different systems that would be needed for the CYGNSS Project. The activity allowed each group to brainstorm ideas as a group of different elements of this project that were all needed for CYGNSS to work correctly. Sharing the ideas with the entire class brought more ideas together and learn from the perspectives of the entire class as opposed to a small group. Cooperating as a team to come

The appropriate channeling of the cognitive diversity found in the team is also a huge advantage in ensuring that the most impressive solutions will be the end result. The members of my team consist of subordinates, peers, and supervisors who contribute equally to problem-solving in my particular workplace and consequently will all benefit from the increased understanding and group

The Rube Goldberg Machine our group, Newton & The Cradles, designed served only one purpose: pop a balloon. After we finished our machine included 12 steps and 6 different types of steps. The six different types of steps include: shooting, knocking, pulling, rolling, swinging, and falling. To accomplish this goal, multiple objects such as a toy car, a toothbrush, a marker cap, a Newton’s Cradle were used. In the end, the Rube Goldberg Machine we designed was successful in accomplishing the final task: popping a balloon.

Following the solution will help all team members to be active in the group discussions along with finishing assignments on time. These are keys for the team to perform well, and everyone is getting the best grades possible.

The group managed to overcome the conflict amongst themselves, forming strong bonds of trust and loyalty, discovering new things about themselves and one another as well as win the challenge, from one night of obscene and joyous circumstances.This perfectly encompasses Creative Thinking and Problem solving fundamental concept of unorthodox or rather unconventional methods to finding a solution.