Creative Pinball Shooter Rube Goldberg Device: A Physics Exploration
Discover the fascinating mechanics behind a Rube Goldberg device designed as a pinball shooter. This step-by-step process involves a marble rolling down a wooden ramp, traveling through a funnel, and eventually striking a larger marble. Watch as this interaction leads to a series of amusing consequences, culminating in a banner being raised. Explore key physics concepts such as pulleys, conservation of momentum, and potential vs. kinetic energy, while learning how to calculate variables like initial velocity and spring constants in this engaging project.
Creative Pinball Shooter Rube Goldberg Device: A Physics Exploration
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John Scobey Mohssen Fathi Joel Bowers Michael Stanford Rube Goldberg Device
Steps • Pinball shooter shoots marble • Marble rolls down wooden ramp • Marble rolls off ramp made of car track • Marble goes through funnel • Marble rolls down PVC ramp and hits heavier marble • Heavy marble knocks mouse off • Mouse falls on mouse trap, which releases string to raise banner
Pics Front View Banner Back
Funnel Shooter Ramp Dead Mouse
Equations • Pulleys • Constant Acceleration • Trajectory • Conservation of Momentum • Spring Equation • Centripetal • Conservation of Energy • Potential • Kinetic
Pinball Shooter Calculations Variables Initial Velocity Solve for Spring Constant Time to reach Max Height Force of Spring
