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© 2020 TIME for Kids, timeforkids.com, Edition 3–4. This page may be photocopied for use with students. • Vol. 10, No. 24 • May 1, 2020

MAKE A DIAGRAM CCSS: RI.3.7; RI.4.7The Great Soap Contraption

“Soap Challenge” (May 1, 2020) explains a Rube Goldberg engineering contest. Goldberg invented complicated contraptions for simple tasks. Use the space below to draw a machine that will give the little girl a bar of soap. To get you started, we’ve included some ideas for materials you can use.

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Write a caption. Number the steps for your contraption in a way that’s similar to the caption in the story. On the lines below, write about how each step causes the next one to happen.