Rube Goldberg

RUBE GOLDBERG
INVENTOR'S WORKSHOP

ABOUT the RUBE GOLDBERG!

Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American cartoonist, inventor, and innovator, famous for his cartoons depicting overly complicated machines (now known as "Rube Goldberg machines") performing simple tasks in an indirect and convoluted way

RUBE GOLDBERG

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

GOLDBERG CHALLENGE
Wake up, Rube! Make a Rube Goldberg machine that rings a bell!

GOLDBERG CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

Goldberg Challenge: Scoop the Poop

GOLDBERG FILM FESTIVAL

MYTHBUSTERS

BREAKFAST MACHINE

SCIENCE OF GOLDBERG

NATIONAL CHAMPION

COBRA WEAVE

The cobra weave chain reaction demonstrates the conversion between stored potential energy to kinetic energy. When the sticks are weaved together it creates potential energy due to the tension within each stick. When one end of the sticks is released, the potential energy is released and converted into kinetic energy. The moving stick then slips out of the chain, releasing even more stored potential energy from the adjacent sticks. This sequence continues until the chain ends or is broken.

COBRA WEAVE (KINETIC STICKS) INSTRUCTIONS

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