Resources and References:

Handout (PDF file)

Gallery of Inventions (PDF file)

Poster 1 (PDF file)

Poster 2 (PDF file)

Poster 3 (PDF file)

Rubric (PDF file)

WEB SITES:

Argonne National Labs Educational Programs at:
http://www.anl.gov/OPA/rube/index.html

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee for the Wisconsin High School Contest:
http://uwm.edu/News/PR/02.04/rube_winners.html

Purdue University with links to many other source sites at:
http://www.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/rube/rube.index.html

Theta Tau who organize and run the Purdue University local and national contest:
http://www.rubemachine.com/

The National Cartoonist Society:
http://www.reuben.org

BOOKS:

A new book on Rube Goldberg and his work titled RUBE GOLDBERG: INVENTIONS! has been recently published by Simon and Schuster. The ISBN is 0-684-86724-9.

A postcard book has also been published with 30 color postcards of the Inventions. The ISBN is 1-55670-524-7.

You can also check the library for:

Peter C. Marzio's RUBE GOLDBERG, HIS LIFE AND WORK, Harper & Row 1973. ISBN 0-06-012830-5

Clark Kinnaird's RUBE GOLDBERG vs. THE MACHINE AGE, Hastings House,1968.ISBN: 8038-6305-5

THE BEST OF RUBE GOLDBERG compiled by Charles Keller, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-074807-2.

SUPPLIES:

KELVIN the educational science suppliers are licensed to offer a series of classroom kits for Rube Goldberg Machines. Telephone 1-800-535-8469 or at www.Kelvin.com

MARX TOYS (1-800-808-MARX) has produced four hobby craft kits of Rube Goldberg's INVENTIONS under license from Rube Goldberg Inc. These are models of classic Rube Goldberg INVENTIONS that can be assembled. Check the MARX TOYS web site at: http://www.marxtoys.com