The Rube Goldberg Project
Standards for Rube Goldberg: 8.P.2A.1 Plan and conduct controlled scientific investigations to test how varying the amount of force or mass of an object affects the motion (speed and direction), shape, or orientation of an object. 8.P.2A.2 Develop and use models to compare and predict the resulting effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object’s motion in terms of magnitude and direction. 8.P.2A.3 Construct explanations for the relationship between the mass of an object and the concept of inertia (Newton’s First Law of Motion). Day 1- The Beginning Professor Butts and the Self-Operating Napkin (1931) Today, our group began researching Rube Goldberg and Newton Law's of Motion. As we read, we were wondering how Newton's La...