11December, 2013

Admin Team Retreat

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A Rube… What??

A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The expression is named after American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg (1883–1970).

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Matthew’s Rube Goldberg Machine

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Your Challenge…

Build a Rube Goldberg Machine that completes the task of popping a

balloon.3 Requirements:

1) You must build your machine within 30-minutes

2) You must have at least 2 chain reactions in your machine

3) The balloon popping must be the end result of the machine (the grand finale!)

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Judging Criteria

1. Machine completes the task and team fulfills all requirements (40-60 points)

2. Number of chain reactions over 2 (5 points each)

3. Creativity and originality (0-10 points)

4. Teamwork and team spirit (0-15 points)

5. Human interventions (-5 points each)

6. Objects leaving the machine (-5 points each)

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Teams

Team 1 Team 2 Team 3

1. Matt Gould2. Lindsay Randall3. Adam Wiseman4. Timnit Abraha5. Kendra Bradley6. Merritt Tam

1. Michael Zehavi2. Anna Lockwood3. Tammy Hsu4. Heather Manske5. Jhon Valdes

1. Anne Greenberger2. Susie Boyer3. Chris Ashley4. Morgana Odi5. Candelario

Cervantes

Team 4 Team 5

1. Melanie Glover2. Archna

Yelamanchili3. Brice Bowman4. Agnes Kleczek5. Jesse Bernstein

1. Geraldine Toussaint2. Ryan Cozens3. Calvin Moore4. Breton Harris5. Dan Barber