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Teq Teams up with Rube Goldberg Inc. to Create Invention-Based Learning Content

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Martedì, Novembre 19, 2019
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Teq CEO Damian Scarfo called the collaboration, "a golden opportunity to synergize Teq's PBL content with the light-hearted, problem-solving sensibility of Rube Goldberg and his machines."

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  • Teq CEO Damian Scarfo called the collaboration, "a golden opportunity to synergize Teq's PBL content with the light-hearted, problem-solving sensibility of Rube Goldberg and his machines."
  • The upcoming series of Rube Goldberg MachineiBlockswill scaffold the creation of a Rube Goldberg Machine in the classroom by providing the learning content, materials, training, and even the opportunity for schools to enter their inventions in the official Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.
  • About Rube Goldberg Inc. Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was a cartoonist and inventor best known for the zany contraptions also known as Rube Goldberg Machines.
  • Rube Goldberg's legacy lives on through Rube Goldberg Inc., a not-for-profit company focused on STEM learning, machine thinking, and parity in education.

Slinky Partners with Rube Goldberg On Classroom Program

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Martedì, Settembre 24, 2019
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Beginning next month, thousands of elementary, middle and high school students across the country will use Slinky in designing their Rube Goldberg Machines (RGM).

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  • Beginning next month, thousands of elementary, middle and high school students across the country will use Slinky in designing their Rube Goldberg Machines (RGM).
  • "A Rube Goldberg machine is a crazy chain-reaction contraption that accomplishes a simple task in the most overly complicated and funniest way possible," says Jennifer George, Legacy Director at RGI and granddaughter of Rube Goldberg.
  • Rube Goldberg was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist who is best known for his hilariously complex invention cartoons.
  • To sign up for the Rube Goldberg 2020 Machine Contest, students can go to https://www.rubegoldberg.com/contests/ and use #RGMC2020 on social media.