The route that Thomas Oakley takes in his article Rube Goldberg-Inspired Drawings of How Art is Made in order how to teach art to students is an interesting one. Using the concept of a Rube Goldberg to teach students about art is not something that I would have thought of before. Rube Goldberg’s are interesting elaborate creations that result in a particular action that is taking place, and have a lot of parts working together. There are many different parts that are involved in the instrument, which allows students to draw every aspect of the machine. Students could even work together to brainstorm and draw different parts of the Rube.
Rube Goldbergs are very interesting, and have been featured in many different movies. The Wallace and Gromit films typically feature some sort of Rube Goldberg to help the characters get ready in the morning and make breakfast. There is another film that features Rube Goldbergs and that is, Back to the Future. If a teacher wanted to inspire their students further, they could show clips from these films in their classroom, and have students draw their own, and draw anything that inspires them. Rube Goldbergs are a great way to teach art, and science at the same time. In Science 104 we created a Rube Goldberg as an assignment for the class. Not all of them worked, but everyone tried to make them work.
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Lila...I like to think of the Rube Goldbergs as thought processes made visible! I didn't know about the Wallace & Gromit films have RGs in them, but now I remember Back to the Future. Now next year when I teach this lesson in 431, I'll include those clips. It's always a great idea to include a popular culture reference whenever possible!
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