The 8th grade Goldberg Machines and a fun way to serve orange juice.

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On Friday 25th March the 8th grade students had a Unit I Physics learning experience, in which they were challenged to create Goldberg machines, which are made up of connected objects that demonstrate how energy is transferred through matter. During three weeks of planning, trial and error, working in randomly formed groups and with the guidance of teacher Carlos Durango, they managed to put all their creativity to work.

“The students demonstrated how energy is transmitted through matter, using a comical and complicated invention laboriously devised to perform a simple task, such as serving the class an orange juice,” said Carlos Durango, 8th grade science teacher. 

For some groups the staging of their machine was quite complex. Sometimes during the process the ball did not go all the way to the end. Because of this, the exercise had to be repeated several times, testing their resilience in the face of scientific adversity. In the end, the domino effect of these Goldberg Machines resulted in a lot of fun inside the Lab 1 in Secondary.  

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Goldberg Machine de 8° y una forma divertida de servir jugo de naranja.

El viernes 25 de marzo los estudiantes de grados octavo tuvieron la experiencia de aprendizaje de la Unidad I de Física, en la cual fueron retados a crear máquinas de Goldberg, compuestas por objetos conectados que demuestran cómo la energía se transfiere a través de la materia. Durante tres semanas de planeación, prueba y error, trabajando en grupos formados al azar y con el acompañamiento del profesor Carlos Durango, lograron poner en marcha toda su creatividad durante su trabajo grupal.

“Los estudiantes demostrarán cómo se transmite la energía a través de la materia, utilizando un invento cómico y complicado laboriosamente concebido para realizar una tarea sencilla, como servir a la clase un jugo de naranja.” mencionó Carlos Durango, profesor de Ciencias de 8°. 

Para algunos grupos la puesta en escena de su máquina resultó bastante compleja. En ocasiones durante el proceso la pelota no llegaba hasta el final. Debido a esto el ejercicio se debió repetir en varias oportunidades, poniendo a prueba toda su resiliencia para intentarlo nuevamente. Al final el efecto dominó de estás Máquinas de Goldberg derivaron en un momento de mucha diversión al interior del Laboratorio 1 de Bachillerato.  

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