Bill Robertson, Ph.D. - Classes
Teacher Education Department
MSED 4311 - Teaching Science in Intermediate and Middle Grades
Rube Goldberg Machines - How To Keep Shop Windows Clean
Rube Goldberg stands in front of an x-ray and sees an idea inside his head showing how to keep shop windows clean.
Passing man (A) slips on banana peel (B) causing him to fall on rake (C). As handle of rake rises it throws horseshoe (D) onto rope (E) which sags, thereby tilting sprinkling can (F). Water (G) saturates mop (H). Pickle terrier (I) thinks it is raining, gets up to run into house and upsets sign (J) throwing it against non-tipping cigar ash receiver (K) which causes it to swing back and forth and swish the mop against window pane, wiping it clean. If man breaks his neck by fall move away before cop arrives.
Check out the Rube Goldberg Gallery
Another Example of this type of thinking from Honda
An Example From the Comics - Beetle Baily and Rube Goldberg
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Bill Robertson, Ph.D. (robertson@utep.edu)
Teacher Education Department, College of Education, University of Texas at El Paso