This Wednesday in Weird Science we will be exploring Momentum! I am bringing back a very popular activity that I've done in the past with the kids. We will break up into 2 - 3 person groups and build marble tracks using different building materials. The students will be challenged to design a marble track that keeps their marble rolling for the longest period of time. Then, we will spend some time engineering the track materials so that all the components (groups) might work together in one large Rube Goldberg machine! If you don't know what a Rube Goldberg machine is, here is a fine example on youtube that the band OK GO used for one of their music videos. Your kids might enjoy this:
Of course, the ones we design won't be nearly this complex, but fun nonetheless!
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