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Moving Sculpture with Lego Technic pieces

Students are shown a video about Theo Jansen's "Strandbeests" as inspiration. . --(And David C. Roy's kinetic sculptures). . And Reuben Margolin's kenetic sculptures.

Students are to use what they learned in our Lego Construction Basics lessons to create a sculpture that moves in some way.
A crank could turn some parts or a lever move other things. Students may even make something that has parts that move as it rolls across the table. A Rube Goldberg type of machine possibly.

Click here to see how this machine was made and a video of it in motion. .

Evaluation:
3 points: Solid Structure
4 points: A Minimum of 4 moving parts controlled by a crank or wheels or other parts.
3 points: Complexity of the movement
Total 10 Points

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Example below by Dakota B. (click the image to download a video)

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Example below by Braden M. (click the image to download a video)

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Mr. Kulzer's example below

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Examples from Kulzer's classes long ago:

Advanced Models

Car (3 cylinder engine, steering, differential gears, shock absorbers and 2 speed transmission.)

Tractor (Pendular Steering, 3-point hitch, Differential gears, PTO (Power Takeoff), and 3 implements:Sickle Mower, Dumping trailer, and plow.)

Helicopter (Knob controlled rotor and tail rotor, Variable blade pitch.)

Paper Folding Machine (A machine to simulate a sheet metal fold manufacturing process.)

Great Ball Contraption (A machine to simulate the process of moving parts from one manufacturing spot to another.)

Click here to see a how the box should be sorted when turning it in.

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