Project Exchange

ACTIVITY: Presenting your Rube Goldberg Device to the class

Project: Rube Goldberg Project: Motion and the Physics of Change

SUMMARY

Goals

 

Details

Duration: 90 minutes

Materials: Appropriate attire for presentations!

 

Description

In this, Students will present their work to the class, and describe what is happening in their machine. See the description below...

OUR TASK: We will all be presenting our hard work in groups in front of the class. We will be demonstrating how our machines work and will be using scripts MINIMALLY when necessary. This is the final culmination of your project and will be assessed towards your final grade for the semester. Please dress appropriately (i.e. no ripped clothes, no stains) for a formal presentation. You will be receiving a presentation rubric that we will be using to assess ourselves on presentation skills and content knowledge.

ACTIVITY RESOURCES

(e.g. rubrics, examplars, websites, etc.)


REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS

Author Reflections

This was in preparation for the Exhibition night, where student were "defending" their work in the Rube Goldberg project to community members, and talking more on an individual basis to people. I feel that both presentations and individual defense are important to demonstrate a students learning, and it is up to the teacher/facilitator to decide which to do.

ALL PROJECT ACTIVITIES

  1. The hook into Rube Goldberg Projects
  2. Project Planning continued
  3. Assigning group roles and starting a formal proposal
  4. Project building. Should take 2 or more days
  5. Calculating different aspects of physics in your Rube Goldberg device
  6. Writing a script for the presentation (can be also done during project building and calculations)
  7. Presenting your Rube Goldberg Device to the class