Creative Machines

Description

Learn how Rube Goldberg machines take simple tasks and make them complex--and fun! This STEAM reader builds literacy skills and features a hands-on STEAM challenge that uses real-world examples to teach problem solving.

Sujets

• Sciences et techniques
• Mechanical engineering

Informations

• Publié par: Teacher Created Materials
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780743922258
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Read and Respond
1. What car eer did Rube Goldber g’ s dad want
him to choose?
2. What ar e the six types of simple machines?
3. W ould Rube Goldber g Machines still be
popular if they made complex tasks into
simple tasks?
4. How do Rube Goldber g Machines use
cause and ef fect?
5. Is ther e a good r eason for building a Rube
Goldber g Machine other than that it is
funny? Why or why not?
6. W rite a story about a day in the life of
Pr ofessor Butts. Include what he does
and the machines he uses.
 

Dona H e r weck R ice
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Contributing A uthor
Jennifer Law son
Consultan ts
Tim Pula
Interpretive Exhibit Coor dinator
Spark!Lab, L emelson Center
National Museum of American History
Sharon Banks
3rd Grade T eacher
Duncan Public Schools
Publishing Credits
Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., P ublisher
Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Managing Editor
Diana Kenney , M.A.Ed., NBCT , Content Director
Vér onique Bos, Creative Director
Robin Erickson, Art D irector
Michelle Jovin, M.A., Associate Editor
Mindy Duits, Senior Graphic Designer
Smithsonian Science Education Center
Image Credits: front cov er , p.1 David L. Moor e - Education/Alamy; p.6 (bottom)
Library of Congress [L C-DIG-npcc-17319]; p.7 Oscar White/Corbis/VC G via Getty
Images; p.8 Stamp Collection/Alamy; p.9 (top), p .11 Granger Academic; p .10
AP Photo/John Lindsay; p.18 (top) AP Photo/Dav e Umberger; p.22, p .23 Jeffrey
Coolidge/Getty Images; p.25 (top) Ev erett Collection/Alamy; p.26 (bottom) U .S.
Air For ce photo by Alex R. Lloyd; p .27 U .S. Army photo by Merv Brokke, AMRDEC;
all other images from iStock and/or Shutterstock.
Library of Congress Ca taloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Rice, Dona, author .
Title: Creative machines / Dona Herweck Rice.
Description: Huntington Beach, CA : T eacher Created Materials, Inc., [2019] |
Audience: K to grade 3. | Includes index. |
Identiers: L CCN 2018031132 (print) | L CCN 2018031926 (ebook) | ISBN
9781493869084 (E-book) | ISBN 9781493866687 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Machine desingn-- Juvenile literature . | Goldberg, Rube,
1883-1970--Juvenile lit erature.
Classication: L CC T J230 (ebook) | L CC T J230 .R508 2020 (print) | DDC
621.8/15--dc23
L C record available at https://lc cn.loc.gov/2018031132
 

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T able of Contents
Bui ld a Bet ter Mouse trap .................... 4
Hel lo , R ube! ......................................... 6
Simple Mac hines ................................. 1 2
Y ea rly Cont est s ................................... 1 9
Can Y ou Bui ld One ? ........................... 2 6
STE AM Cha l len ge ............................. 2 8
Gl oss ar y ............................................. 30
Inde x ...................................................3 1
Career Advi ce .................................... 3 2