rube goldberg machine
TRANSCRIPT
By JASON
VElARDE,
GRIFITH WEE,
AND EMILY
WONG
RUBE GOLDBERG
MACHINE
Person shoots
and h i ts the 12
bal l w i th a cue
st ick .
STEP 1
The 12 bal l h i ts
a second cue
st ick .
STEP 2
The second cue
st ick h i ts a toy
car, pushing i t
onto a teeter -
tot ter.
STEP 3
The car ro l ls
for ward,
t ipping the
teeter - totter.
The car then
ro l ls to the end
of the teeter -
tot ter and h i ts
the 7 bal l .
STEP 4
The 7 bal l ro l l s
down a t rack .
STEP 5
The 7 bal l h i ts
the f i r s t
domino,
located at the
end of the
t rack .
STEP 6
The f i r s t
domino fa l l s ,
h i t t ing the
second and
t r igger ing the
fa l l o f the
ent i re domino
sequence.
STEP 7
The f inal
domino knocks
over a
container of
marbles .
The marbles
ro l l onto and
down a t rack .
STEP 8 & 9
The marbles h i t
a peg at the
bot tom of the
t rack .
STEP 10
The peg is
re leased,
t r igger ing a
pul ley.
STEP 11
A wal let , used
as the pul ley
counter weight ,
drops when the
peg is
re leased.
STEP 12
The top of the
bal loon
(at tached by
tape to the
opposi te end of
the wal let -
pu l ley s t r ing)
l i f ts as the
st r ing is pul led
taut .
STEP 13
The baking
soda in the
bal loon drops
into the bot t le
of v inegar, and
the chemical
react ion causes
the bal loon to
inf late .
STEP 14
The marbles
f rom Step 10
cont inue to
ro l l , past the
peg , and h i t
the f i r s t
domino of a
ser ies of
dominoes.
STEP 15
The dominoes
in the ser ies a l l
fa l l .
STEP 16
The last
domino pul ls
o f f the tape
stuck to the
desk .
STEP 17
When the tape
is re leased, i t
lets go of a
pendulum wi th
nai ls at tached
to i t , which
then swings
towards the
inf lated
bal loon.
STEP 18
The pendulum
nai ls h i t the
bal loon, and
the bal loon
pops!
STEP 19