Day Off at the Fab Lab - Featuring a Rube Goldberg Challenge!

SCHOOL'S OUT, COME TO THE FAB LAB CENTER! Bring the kids to the Fab Lab Center for a day filled with Rube Goldberg! Rube Goldberg Machines accomplish a simple task through an elaborately humorous and overcomplicated method. Students will be challenged to think outside the box and discover the unexpected kinetic properties in everyday objects as they design their own Rube Goldberg Machine (RGM). In order to build their contraption, students will research and explore simple machines and chain reactions and how they both relate to the world around them. From ideation to interaction, students will engage in creative thinking, critical reasoning, and teamwork as they engineer these truly unique machines.