Rube Goldberg Machine Contests
2008
Illinois State Championship Rube Goldberg Machine Contest for
High Schools
- To be held on a Satuday, March 22, 2008, at the Chicago Children's Museum
on Navy Pier.
- Six Illlinois high school teams will compete to be named the
state's best at building the zaniest machine that takes 20
or more steps to
assemble a hamburger consisting of no less than one precooked meat patty, two
vegetables and two condiments, sandwiched between two bun halves.
2009 Argonne
Rube Goldberg Machine Contest for High Schools
- 10:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, at
Chicago Children's
Museum,
Navy Pier, Chicago.
- Up to 12 Chicago-area high school teams will build the zaniest
machines possible that take 20
or more steps to replace an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient light-emitting design.
- In cooperation with the Theta Tau Rube Goldberg Machine
Contest, the Chicago Children's Museum, and Rube Goldberg, Inc.
2008
Engineering Open House Rube Goldberg Machine Contest for High Schools
- Friday, March 7, 2008, at the Illini Union.
- High school teams will build the zaniest machines possible that
take 20
or more steps to assemble a hamburger consisting
of no less than one precooked meat patty, two vegetables and
two condiments, sandwiched between two bun halves.
2008
Theta Tau National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest
- Saturday, April 5, 2008, at the Armory at Purdue
University, West Lafayette,
Ind.
- University teams from across the nation will build the
whackiest machines possible to assemble a hamburger
consisting of no less than one precooked meat patty, two vegetables and
two condiments, sandwiched between two bun halves.
What exactly is
this Rube Goldberg machine contest anyhow?
Rube
Goldberg, Inc.
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