Mission Possible!

[Neelam Agarwal]

Hi, 

I have a question about Mission Possible!. This is a build event.  

In this event, prior to the competition, participants design, build, test, and document a Rube Goldberg®- like Device that completes required Start and Final Actions through a series of specific actions.

Do the participants need to purchase the device from the official SO store?

Please advise. 

Thanks

Neelam Agarwal

[Cherese Fiorina]

No - they can make it out of anything that is legal. Lots of different designs and solutions for each action.

Cherese Fiorina / Maurer

Head Coach - Solon High School Science Olympiad

cherese...@gmail.com

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[Mehlhaff, Nicole]

The competitors in this event for my team do not purchase a Rube Goldberg machine...they make the individual parts of the machine.

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[Nicole Mattison]

This is my first year coaching Mission Possible and found it very intimidating at first! The best advice I got was to build a starter box with pegboard (either plastic or wood) on 2 sides vertically and a rectangle/square of plywood on the bottom. 

My advice is to not go right up to the max dimensions. Smaller might be better and more manageable. 

I then purchased a bunch of different sized metal hooks that are made for those pegboards and gathered tons of loose parts from local buy nothing Facebook groups and what my students had around the house: hotwheels tracks, marble runs, wooden train tracks, paint stirrers, toilet paper tubes, cardboard, plastic cups, pvc pipe pieces, etc. and lots and lots of duct tape. 

We focused on just having a START and a STOP at first, and then just added 1 or 2 scorable actions. Our machines, although they're simple, placed and medaled at both  the Brown and Blue Dragon invitationals!

Good luck!

Nicole Mattison

Teacher- Grade 5 Math / Science

Pleasantville Middle School

Matt...@pleasantvilleschools.org

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