published by
the Lemelson Center of the Smithsonian
This activity is designed to stimulate exploration and creative thinking. The user can choose parts and position them to make a Rube Goldberg machine to get a ball to land in a cup.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=462">Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Tinker Ball. Washington: Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, 2003.</a>
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Title = {Tinker Ball},
Publisher = {Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {2 May 2025},
Year = {2003}
}
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