For my Rube Goldberg project, I took on the challenging task of opening a jack-in-the-box. First, when I had my sketch planned out, my initial reaction to the construction was that it was going to be easy. I figured that if my sketch worked in theory, it had to work when I build it. However, as I am sure many people find, that is not the case. My sketch and my actual construction are very unalike. I did use basic steps and transitions from my sketch in my project, but the way I wanted to complete the simple task was extremely different. Like I said before, things that worked in theory did not work as well as I thought they would on the actual project construction. I realized that gravity can work with you and against you. That is the main reason my project and sketch compatibility did not go as well as I had planned. …show more content…
I faced many challenges while working on this project. Luckily, time was not one of them. The constructing of this project took me about a total of approximately eighteen hours to complete (give or take a few), obviously spread out during three weekends and a couple weekdays. Eighteen hours is a very, very rough estimate. There were days I worked for the whole day and some where I worked for a couple of hours. My parents helped me very much in the process. They understood that I had to complete this on my own, but when I was stuck or needed help, we bounced ideas off each other, which was very helpful to get my creative juices flowing. Other challenges that I faced were thinking of steps and getting steps to work properly. I especially had difficulty with the third step, which is making a weight drop into a cup. Since the cup was hanging from a wooden pole, I could never get an exact target for the weight. The problem was that the cup was
As we worked on our Rube Goldberg Machine, we uncovered the physics that was taking place. Many aspects of physics come into play when building and testing a Rube Goldberg Machine. Some examples are Newton’s three laws, collisions, conservation of momentum, efficiencies, forces, energy, work, simple machines, and projectiles.
... presentation and added pictures to go with them. This was probably the longest part of the entire project. Then, I put animations in; I tried not to over exaggerate it. I got creative when it was time to put the music in. Society has a tune that is about society, as plain as it gets. With Advancements, came music that sounds futuristic. Which really goes with it. Spiritual was a tough decision. I could not determine between two songs. Comfort definitely had to be George Michael; he comforts everyone. Education is kind of based on a stereotype with the intelligent human beings being able to play piano. I absolutely had to use elevator music for simplicity. It does not get more simple than that! I enjoyed doing this project. I got to be creative but still be logical. Most fun project I have ever done honestly and I hope that future assigned projects are like this.
A whole month of being nice. From the start, I didn't think it was even humanly possible. Although I always try my hardest to be pleasant, I'm sarcastically witty by nature. This project, no matter how inspirational and uplifting it could be, would decidedly be no walk in the park. Nevertheless, I decided to persevere. Even if I ended up being a complete Transcendental failure, maybe I'd still learn something along the way.
The toy picked for the toy evaluation in child and development psychology class was a Transformer for the suggested age of 3. A brief description of the Transformer will be given to identify the characteristics and how they are suitable or not suitable for the recommendation age listed. The toy will be analyzed on specific qualities that relate to how it can foster growth of the child and be evaluated on what the necessary abilities are needed to play with the unit. This toy will also be evaluated as it pertains to how the child would play with the car and if the child would be able to grasp the concept of the Transformer. Other cognitive concepts will be applied to how the Transformer is used and if the child would be able to understand the Transformer. The fine motor skills and gross motor skills used to play with the Transformer car will be another topic of discussion. In addition, the toy will be reviewed to how or if it would be shared within a social environment and if an adult would be able to participate in teaching the child.
I'm against fidget spinners for lots of reasons there distracting and don't even help you. Most people say its educational thing but i disagree you more like a toys too me. I'm gonna have three main ideas why we shouldn't have fidget spinners or fidget things. I hope you change your mind.
Our group’s Rube Goldberg machine, Phone Call Food, completes an easy and difficult way to feed your dog. This machine features small manipulated transformations through energy. Exactly how are people suppose to feed your dog when no ones is not home? The series of energy transformations will eventually feed someone's dog, and the first step is just to call.
Noah likes things to be the easy, simple, orderly way. Turning off the lights? Flip the high-tech switch. Filling his glass with Sprite? Pour it. This is Noah. His sister Corinna, however, is the complete opposite. Turning off the lights, or pouring liquid into a cup? Do it the Rube Goldberg way is her solution. Who is this “Rube Goldberg” anyway? Why is he so famous?
This project helped me realize how hard it is to capture the image that is stuck in a person's brain. This project didn't help me alittle at understanding the difficulties because we had to take pictures and not videos. If this project was a 3 minute video project it would help me understand more. the most difficult aspect of this assignment was thinking of a way to portray a story in 12 shots. The easiest was editing because all the shots were in front of me I just had to rearrange them.The storyboard was not helpful at all because I had to change my idea, and I did not use a storyboard. Some of my classmates did a really nice job and had some funny photos. I put maybe 2 hours into this project. I did not put as much effort as I could have done. I believe my “B” grade was accurate because there were some errors but it wasn't a horrible project. Overall this project is a nice assignment but should not be worth 100 points. The reflection should only be a minimum of 2 pages because 3 to 4 is a
We were trying to measure the coefficient of friction using inclined planes. Our results had a lot of errors because the wood was somewhat smooth, and the surface of the plane was not straight. This sometimes caused friction in one part of the experiment while none in the other. Our root source of error is that we did not repeat each experiment for better results. We did not have any difficulty with this
The commercial cube is composed of 26 visible pieces and one central core. These two distinct components of the Rubik’s cube are what maintain the shape of the Rubik’s cube. The shape of the core can be visualized as a central, three-axis spindle with six attached octagons, one on each face of the cube. These are referred to as octagonal extensions and are what allow the free movement and rotation of the cube.
In this project Cassidy and I created a Rube Goldberg machine. A Rube Goldberg Machine is a complex system set up with a series of chain reactions used to do a simple tasks. The objective of our project was to feed a dog. We had the machine do a series of tasks to get a cup with food in it at the end of the machine to dump out the food into a dish. Our rube goldberg machine started with a series of dominoes. When we pushed the first domino it gave it kinetic energy. This domino will hit the next domino and the kinetic energy will transfer to the next domino. The last domino pulled a string from in front of a marble. The marble then rolled down a ramp and then hit a rubber band. The marble hitting the rubber band created potential energy by
Regardless of how simple or complex the idea is the first step is to define the scope of the project and the starting point. Projects can quickly take off and seem to grown and take on a life of their own. It is easy to feel overwhelmed when a project gets out of hand like this, but this can be avoided by being prepared and knowing the scope of a project. A project that takes on a life of its own and grows like this can be a very interesting and fun challenge when one is properly prepared for it. These projects can turn into the most interesting and fun times that could be had with this hobby.
There was a huge and a high pressure government project which had to be completed in a short span of time. It had several teams associated with different
I have learned several valuable things from this project experience. First, it’s okay to not know how to do something right away. Ask, observe and experiment. Doing so will greatly enhance my ability to do it correctly and continue to learn. Second, I learned that this can be an experience in frustration if I always try to not make waves. Sometimes waves need to be made to better the project. And third, watch for similar frustrations with my students and intervene before it gets too serious.
My social experiment, took way too much thought to complete. I could not think about what I should do for this project until about noon on that beautiful Sunday. I invited a couple of friends to go with me to Walmart, but I was unsuccessful and I only got one friend to accompany me. Even so, we had fun.