Today students were introduced to our next Science Unit – Force, Motion and Simple Machines.  We watched a couple of interesting videos (posted below) and learned about an award winning cartoonist named Rube Goldberg, who was famous for drawing elaborate cartoons that performed a very simple function.  Students were then challenged to figure out the Rube Goldberg bulletin board – to which they did a great job!  At the end of this unit students will create a Rube Goldberg machine using several simple machines, with the goal of popping a balloon!  This is sure to be a fun Science unit!