Personal Narrative: My Rube Goldberg Machine

Over the 5 weeks of March 10th - April 17th, I have been working on my Rube Goldberg Machine which is called the Ding Dong Bell Dinger. This is a Rube Goldberg Machine in which completes a series of obstacles and at the end it rings a bell. Building the Ding Dong Bell Dinger, was a very learnful and mistakeful project, but was really fun. This essay is going to be all about my mistakes through my Rube Goldberg Machine and what I learned from them.

During the project of this Rube Goldberg, there were tons of problems I faced. In fact, my first problem of this project was that I couldn’t even think of an idea for my machine! I brainstormed as much as I can but my brain just wasn’t working. Finally, after 10 days of my dull brain, I decided

This is because without my Dad’s help in this project I wouldn’t be able to make such a great Rube Goldberg Project, and I would have probably failed. I also discussed and showed ideas to my Dad, for Teamwork also involves communication. I learned many things on the academic side as well, for one of the greatest surprises I found out is that a domino is a lever. Since the falling of each one on top of each other happens, this happening is a lever. Another thing I learned, was that I could make a pulley grooved rim by putting a water bottle cap in between 2 pieces of circular paper, which is on a wooden stick. Unfortunately, I didn’t use this idea for the Pulley would move sided to side, but I still learned something new for Youtube thought me an idea. The last and most important thing I learned is that you should Never Give Up. This is because through the many struggles and problems I had through my Rube Goldberg Project, I never gave up and left the project. Instead, I sat there, brainstorming all the solutions that could happen, and come up with a solution. I apply this solution to the problem, and if it works that's good, but if it doesn’t I keep trying until my problem has a solution. These are just some of the things I learned in my project, for if I name all of them, it will take days. Lastly, there is one more thing I would like to mention before this essay ends, and that's how my Rube Goldberg Machine could have been