Third grade has been learning about the famous cartoonist Rube Goldberg. Goldberg is well known for the elaborate crazy contraptions he drew of complicated chain reactions that, in the end, performed a simple task. Each of the third graders were inspired to use the engineering design process, along with what they learned about forces and motion in science, to create their own Rube Goldberg Machines. They each came up with their own design for a contraption with at least 5 chain reactions to complete a simple task. The third graders used great perseverance to keep trying and redesigning until their machine worked! The students really enjoyed sharing their machines with each other and the second graders!
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