The big 8th big science project is to create a Rube Goldberg Device. Rube Goldberg you say? The relevant passage from wikipedia…”Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons he created depicting complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways”
My whole goal in this project was “do not do it; force Kevin to do it all”. The big message I think Kevin learned was it’s one thing to have the machine work, it’s another to have it work consistently, and he spent a lot of time making it work on every attempt.
So, without further ado, Kevin’s Rube Goldberg Project. Students had a choice, present the machine in class or videotape it….of course we chose the latter. Kevin got 150 out of the possible 150 points for his work here.
An aside: it’s early, but signs are promising. 2nd semester is a few weeks old and Kevin has a high ‘A’ in Algebra 2.
