Rube Goldberg Machine

Your Mission

Make a simple task incredibly complicated.
Apply redstone circuits along with other mechanisms powered by redstone to create a completely inefficient overly-complex machine to solve a simple problem.
Use Humor if possible. This mechanism should not only be ridiculously unnecessarily complex, but also somewhat fun / funny to watch. How might you use:
- Burning Mobs?
- Anvils dropped on mobs?
- Water dumped on NPCs?
- Massive animal spawns (like a bunch of chickens raining from the sky)?
Consistency - while setting off your contraption will not always look exactly the same, it should work the whole way through every time.

How to Create a World in Minecraft

1. START

Start Minecraft and sign in if you’re using Minecraft: Education Edition.

sign in with your username and @sgasd.org (ex: JohnnyApp26@sgasd.org)
password is the same

2. CREATE A WORLD

Press the Play button. Push the Create New button in the Worlds dialog. The Create… window will have some default templates you could choose from but make your own world with the Create New World button.

3. NAME YOUR WORLD

Name your new world “Innovation Workshop- Your Last Name”

4. DEFAULT GAME MODE

Change the default game mode to Creative. The game mode should not be played in Survival mode.

5. WORLD TYPE

Make sure that the world type is Infinite.

6. TURN ON CHEATS

You’ll see some settings for your new world. Leave everything as you see it except for Cheats. You need to turn Activate Cheats to the "ON" position to enable all of the coding features for MakeCode.

7. THE WORLD BEGINS

Press Play and you can start playing in your new world.

Challenge 2: Rube Goldberg Machine

Make a simple task incredibly complicated.
Apply redstone circuits along with other mechanisms powered by redstone to create a completely inefficient overly-complex machine to solve a simple problem.
Use Humor if possible. This mechanism should not only be ridiculously unnecessarily complex, but also somewhat fun / funny to watch. How might you use:
- Burning Mobs?
- Anvils dropped on mobs?
- Water dumped on NPCs?
- Massive animal spawns (like a bunch of chickens raining from the sky)?
Consistency - while setting off your contraption will not always look exactly the same, it should work the whole way through every time.

Example World:

A complex redstone device might not be every miner's cup of tea, but a giant chain reaction device can be a quite entertaining thing to build and test, and players can learn a lot from it.

Rube Goldberg Example World

Click on the link above and download the world. Open this example on your Minecraft app and explore this example of a complex machine.

Performance Expectations:

Students are expected to use design, creativity, humor, and ridiculously unnecessary complexity when considering how to map out their contraption.

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