for their science class. a rube goldberg machine is a contraption that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated way. "they had to use three different simple machines out of the six we learned about and have a minimum of five steps to complete whatever task they went with," said seth sackmann, a sixth grade science teacher at mater dei nativity. "my sixth period was mixing baking soda and vinegar." students used toy cars, dominos, homemade pulleys and other items to accomplish their goals dorenbach with the forecast... << << work week today as temperatures soar into the 40s after starting the day in the 20s! we'll see a few lingering clouds and perhaps some patchy fog early this morning, but the rest of the day looks sunny and calm. winds will pick up just a little bit saturday which will help boost our temperatures into the 50s and 60s with lots of sun ahead of our next frontal system set to move through saturday night. this will result in a...