Introduction

          Rube Goldberg is an award-winning cartoonist.  His cartoon “inventions” many times include the six types of simple machines.  During this web quest you will learn about Rube Goldberg and his cartoons.  You’ll use web sites linked witin this web quest to find out about the different types of simple machines.  Then, you will either use this new knowledge to locate the simple machines in one of Mr. Goldberg’s cartoons, draw your own invention cartoon, or both!