Rube Goldberg Machine Videos

Hello Grade 8's,

I thought I would share some of the Rube Goldberg videos we have watched in class to help inspire you for our builds next week. If you find some more fun videos this weekend, feel free to email them to me (robadr@cbe.ab.ca) and I'll add them to this post!

Mr. Badr

Melvin The Magical Mixed Media Machine

Photobooth

Toy Factory

Red Bull's Athlete Machine

OkGO - This Too Shall Pass

Honda's The Cog

The Page Turner - My favourite!

Christmas Tree Lighting - World Record Holder

Lemonade Machine

The Most Complicated Trick Shot

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