Rude Goldberg

Name: Water pourer machine

purpose: Dump water in bowl

Video: https://youtu.be/9rqY9r2-1DM

Car with wheel and axel goes down an inclined slope, through a tube. It will then knock over dominos that will then push over a ball which goes down a pulley, the ball when at the bottom will then hit and turn on a micro-bit then go down another inclined slope pushing water into a bowl.

Energy transfers:

Potential elastic to mechanical: letting go of elastic letting car go down ramp

Mechanical to gravity: Ball going down pully

Mechanical to electricity: The ball hits the microbit 

Energy types:

Gravity, mechanical, potential elastic, electricity, chemical, sound

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