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Rube Goldberg Contraptions: 8th Graders Learn the Science of (Over) Engineering Simple Tasks

Eighth grade physical science students built Rube Goldberg machines following their study of forces and motion, Newton’s Laws, work, pressure and simple machines.
 
The students used only household items (and an enormous amount of creativity) to design and build convoluted contraptions that perform simple tasks.

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