Meaningful Moments: Rube Goldberg Challenge

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• creativity
• collaboration
• communication
• curiosity
• problem solving
• prototyping

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 9 & 10 Design and Technology:

• Select, justify, test and use suitable technologies, skills and processes, and apply safety procedures to safely make designed solutions (AC9TDE10P03)

Relevant parts of Year 9 & 10 Design and Technology achievement standards: Students select and use technologies skilfully and safely to produce designed solutions.

NSW Syllabus outcomes:  T4.1.2.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking

• A range of materials that students can use in their machines
• Devices capable of recording and making a short video.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Low - oversee sourcing of materials and creation of Rube Goldberg machines.

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