I have tasked P6/7 to use their forces knowledge and skills to design and build a pointless contraption with a point.
Rube Goldberg was famous for his cartoons and contraptions which used elaborate components and ridiculous elements to make a simple thing happen.
With the push of just one finger the machine would be started…
I have asked the pupils to design a machine to move a pencil along, into a sharpener and then get it sharpened.
Of course, being Holywood some pupils have decided to invent Goal Scoring machines, the Thirst Quenching machine and other creations of their own.
Some designs include electric circuits and fans, dominoes and moving cars or marbles, one even has boat moved by a tidal wave…
We will share photos when the working models are completed.
