2022 Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Minecraft Contest

The 2022 Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Minecraft Contest is a STEAM competition where students from grades 3-12 compete with machines that they have imagined, designed in Minecraft Education Edition, and created in a fun and competitive forum.

The competitions encourage teamwork and out-of-the-box problem solving in a fresh learning environment and level playing field. This year's challenge is to use Minecraft to build a wacky machine that will Open & Illuminate a Book. 

Through this event, we'll run livestreams to help youth learn about the engineering design process as they build their contraptions. Plus, this year’s Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Contest with Minecraft Education Edition is FREE for all teams!

Register below!

Registration

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Big Build Challenge Details

Welcome to the 2022 NASEF Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Minecraft Contest!

The official 2022 NASEF RGMC Big Build Challenge: "Open and Illuminate A Book" 

Our live stream for the Big Build Challenge will be on January 27, 2022 on our Twitch channel @ 1PM PT | 2PM MT | 3PM | CT | 4PM ET

Entries must be submitted to the correct DIVISION in order to be eligible:
Junior Division (ages 8-13): https://flipgrid.com/b4acce29
Senior Division (ages 13-18): https://flipgrid.com/16793d7e
@Home Division (all ages) : https://flipgrid.com/d8752856

Final Registration for the 2022 NASEF Digital Rube Goldberg Machine Minecraft is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 
Final Submissions for the RGMC Big Build Challenge CLOSE on Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Awards for Big Build Challenge!

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WATCH OUR LIVE STREAMS ON OUR TWITCH CHANNEL

Twitch Channel

Our Pre Season Live Streams are over. Visit our YouTube channel for the past stream! Visit here for the slide deck.

• Live Stream 1: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 2:00pm PDT | 3:00pm MDT | 4:00pm CDT | 5:00pm EDT 
  • Challenge 1 due: Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 5:00pm PT | 6:00pm MT | 7:00pm CT | 8:00pm ET | 3:00am GMT (UTC) 
• Live Stream 2: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 @ 2:00pm PDT | 3:00pm MDT | 4:00pm CDT | 5:00pm EDT 
  • Challenge 2 due: Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 5:00pm PT | 6:00pm MT | 7:00pm CT | 8:00pm ET | 3:00am GMT (UTC)
• Live Stream 3: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 @ 2:00pm PDT | 3:00pm MDT | 4:00pm CDT | 5:00pm EDT 
  • Challenge 3 due: Friday, December 17, 2021 @ 5:00pm PT | 6:00pm MT | 7:00pm CT | 8:00pm ET | 3:00am GMT (UTC) 

Live streams will discuss the Engineering Design Process, share tips and tricks for Minecraft, showcase sample builds, and more.

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AWARDS

For Educators

Register Your Team

Subscribe to our Twitch Channel for upcoming streams

Watch our past live streams on our YouTube Channel

Education Standards

Guide: NASEF 2022 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest

How to Videos From 2021 RGMC Big Build Challenge

Here are the live streams from last year that taught how to use Minecraft to build six simple machines. 

Congratulations to our 2021 RGMC Big Build Challenge Winners! 

Last year, we joined the Rube Goldberg Foundation and InsideParticipate in hosting the 2021 NASEF Rube Goldberg Machine Contest + Minecraft Big Build Challenge Awards! Tune into our video-on demand on our YouTube channel to see some of the best and most wacky physical and digital Rube Goldberg machines in the world! 

Watch our winning 2021 RGMC Big Builds on our Flipgrid page! 

Junior Division

• 1st Place: Capital C from Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia
• 2nd Place: Team 3.3 from Miami, Florida, United States
• 3rd Place (tie): Team Spark in Coral Springs, Florida, United States
• 3rd Place (tie): Team Minecraft's Peoples in Weston, Florida, United States

Senior Division

• 1st Place: Natural Selection from Flemington, New Jersey, United States
• 2nd Place: The Legendary Potatoessss from Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
• 3rd Place (tie): GM Hornets Team 10 from Great Mills, Maryland, United States
• 3rd Place (tie): Tricky Life from Pöcking, Germany

@Home Division

• 1st Place: Redstone Revolutionary from Prairie Grove, Arkansas, United States