# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest!  WANTED: Overthinkers. Tinkerers. Creative Chaos Enthusiasts
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: ? WANTED: Overthinkers. Tinkerers. Creative Chaos Enthusiasts.
? Rube Goldberg Machine Contest @ Upper Dauphin Area Middle School
? Saturday, March 14

Step 1: Roll a ball. (or even a bowling ball!)
Step 2: Tip a lever.
Step 3: Pull a string.
Step 4: Wonder why it didn’t work.
Step 5: Fix it.
Step 6: CHEER when it finally opens a box. ?

Congratulations! You’re officially ready for a Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.

The Lykens Valley Children’s Museum is hosting the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Saturday, March 14, and we’re inviting teams of all ages to join the beautifully complicated fun.

? Who can compete?
✔ Elementary students
✔ Middle & high school students
✔ College teams
✔ Adults (yes… adults ?)

If you love solving simple problems in the most unnecessarily complex way possible then this contest was made for you.

? This Year’s Challenge:
? OPEN A BOX
(How hard could it be? …Don’t answer that.)

?️ Here’s the BIG bonus:
Competing at our Regional Contest comes with an automatic ticket stamp to the World Contest in May.
No extra qualifiers. No extra steps.
Build it here ➝ take it to the world stage. ?

?️ Why you’ll love it:
• Creative problem-solving at its finest
• Mistakes are part of the plan
• Every machine has its own personality
• Cheering is encouraged
• Laughter is guaranteed

? Proof this works:
Last year was LVCM’s first contest and our own STEAM Squad Jr went on to compete at World Finals, placing 8th in the world and earning World’s Most Hilarious ? Small museum. BIG ideas.

? Important (don’t skip this step!):
Teams must register through the official Rube Goldberg Machine Contest website:
? https://www.rubegoldberg.org/rube-goldberg-contests/the-rube-goldberg-machine-contest/

? Local Host: Lykens Valley Children’s Museum
? Competition Day: Saturday, March 14

Bring the cardboard.
Bring the duct tape.
Bring your wildest ideas.

Over-complicate it. On purpose. ?
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lykens/regional-rube-goldberg-machine-contest-wanted-overthinkers-tinkerers-creative-chaos-enthusiasts/200029614149912
- **Event Categories**: contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 9

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.rubegoldberg.org/rube-goldberg-contests/the-rube-goldberg-machine-contest/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=lykens-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Lykens
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Upper Dauphin Area
Middle School
- **lat**: 40.566696852442
- **long**: -76.757195363327
- **full address**: Upper Dauphin Area
Middle School, 5668 US-209, Lykens, PA 17048-8414, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Lykens Valley Children's Museum (https://allevents.in/org/lykens-valley-childrens-museum/14277989)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Upper Dauphin Area
Middle School, 5668 US-209, Lykens, PA 17048-8414, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Lykens Valley Children's Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest!  WANTED: Overthinkers. Tinkerers. Creative Chaos Enthusiasts ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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