Simple Machines
What are six simple machines?
Why are Rube Goldberg's machines special or weird?
They find complex ways to complete a simple task.
Gears are a form of this simple machine
What is a wheel and axle?
What is needed to make a wheel and axle?
What are a wheel and an axle?
What is to make transporting people or objects easier?
A skating ramp is an example of this simple machine
What is an incline/decline?
A competition where contestants try to accomplish simple tasks in a complicated fashion
What is the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest?
A pulley is a version of this simple machine
What is a wheel and axle?
The difference between an incline and decline
The first step in the "Design Process"
What is to determine the problem?
Name 3 simple machines
Choose from pulley, wedge, incline, screw, lever, and wheel and axle
A Rube Goldberg machine is simple or complex?
What is complex?
The screw is a version of this simple machine
What is an inclined/declined plane?
A decline wrapped around a cylinder
What is a screw?
The purpose of simple machines
What is to make physically demanding tasks easier?
Simple or complex: a pencil sharpener
What is simple?
Name two of Rube Goldberg's occupations
What are a cartoonist, engineer, or writer?
Another word for a complex machine
What is a compound machine?
The second step in the "Design Process"
What is design a potential solution?
The purpose of a pulley
What is to raise or lower people or objects?
A machine that uses two or more simple machines
What is a complex machine?
Rube Goldberg's birth year
What is 1883?
A nail is an example of this simple machine
What is a wedge?
Define friction
What is resistance between two surfaces?
The 'E' is STEAM and STEM stands for this
Hint: one of Rube Goldberg's occupations
What is engineering?