We have had a great start to the third term!  We began our final Science Unit, Force and Motion & Simple Machines with a look at two AMAZING Rube Goldberg Machines.  Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist and an inventor that drew very elaborate machines that performed one simple function.  I have attached the two videos that we watched yesterday…can you find the purpose of the two Rube Goldberg machines?

Once that was done, the students had to figure out how the classroom’s bulletin board Rube Goldberg machine worked…how did the pencil get sharpened?  The class did a fantastic job of figuring out all of the different parts that worked together to sharpen the pencil!  I have attached some photos for you to look at.  Our final Science project will have teams build their own Rube Goldberg machines that include various simple machines we will be learning about this term!  Should be a fun unit!

Enjoy the videos and pictures!

Mrs. Goosen