Rube Goldberg: A Simple Machines STEM Challenge

Rube Goldberg was an inventor, cartoonist, sculptor, author, and engineer who believed that people preferred the hard way to do things. He gained notoriety by illustrating cartoons featuring complicated inventions that accomplished a simple task.

Our unique Rube Goldberg Foldable and Research tasks will take your students into the mind and science behind the cartoon machines, then challenge them to design a real life machine to complete a simple task.

This project includes:
1. Instructions on how to make the foldable
2. Student Directions for the research steps and STEM project planning.
3. Templates for research with directions and links for various assigned tasks