High schoolers examine and discuss simple machines and Rube Goldberg cartoons, listing real-world examples. They design and illustrate a Rube Goldberg device, identify the simple machines involved, and write a paragraph explaining how the machines work.

Concepts

machines, simple machines

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Additional Tags

machines, rube goldberg cartoons, simple machines, science

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