Root Goldberg Project

Root Goldberg Project

1.      1.  Draw a blueprint of a complicated machine to do a simple task

We have yet to draw a blueprint because we have yet to finish our Root Goldberg project.

2.      2. Label all parts of the machine

1 – Ball drop

2 – down the tube, throw the pipe

3- on the ramp

4 – hits the slinky and turns around

5 – rolls down second ramp

6 – falls into cup (pulley(s)) system

7 – cup goes up, cup goes down

8 – cup hits dominos

9 – yet to be announced

10 – yet to be announced

3.     3.  Calculate the mechanical advantage of at least two parts of the machine

The ramp(s) assists the ball in its quest to get to the cup which knocks over dominos

4.     4.  Explain the energy conversions of at least two parts of the machine

Pulleys: the ball rolls into one of the cups which causes the other to become lighter, then it raises as the other falls

Dominos: cup hits dominos they hit each other and continue to fall until dominos end.  

5.     5.  Build the machine

Yet to be finished.