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MEET RUBE GOLDBERG

SIMPLE MACHINES

KEY PHYSICS PRINCIPLES

500 NN

500 NN

KEY PHYSICS PRINCIPLES: MOMENTUM

Momentum is the product of a body’s mass and its velocity

Conservation of Momentum Momentum is conserved for any interaction between two objects in an isolated system.

KEY PHYSICS PRINCIPLES: ENERGY

Energy is defined as the capacity to do work (displacement in direction of a force)

Conservation of Energy Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be transformed from one form to another. The total amount of energy remains constant.

MAKE A MACHINE

• Come up with a theme • Create an end goal for the final step i.e. blow out a candle, pop a

balloon, raise a flag • Works backwards beginning with the final step and ending with the first. • Challenge your team with time and step minimums, dimension

maximums, or limited supplies. • Try to utilize different kinds of energy i.e. kinetic, potential, elastic,

thermal

START BUILDING!

EXAMPLE OF A MACHINE

REFERENCES

Rube goldberg.com Study.com Sciencing.com Encyclopedia.com