Operation Egg Drop!!!!!
Swartz Creek Global Learning HUB
OBJECTIVE
The objective of the project is to successfully drop a packaged egg from a predetermined height without breaking the egg.
You are to design something that is the lightest possible weight (if you are considering weight to be a factor in victory) following the constraints listed below. The project must be durable enough to protect an egg thrown off the MAMS roof so that the egg doesn't break from the fall. Think of the egg as a passenger in a car going through a crash test.
COMPETITION
The competition determines whose method enables an egg to survive the drop. Each package will be weighed before the drop (including the egg). All packages will be dropped from the same height. In the event there is more than one successful drop, winners will be based on the lightest weight package.
CONSTRAINTS
Only raw, store bought chicken eggs - size large - may be used. Your design must not include changing the egg in any way (no tape on the egg, no nail polish on the egg, no soaking the egg in vinegar, no hollow eggs...). You must use the egg supplied to you.
The vessel and all materials must remain intact. For example, no parts – inside or out - can fall or break off during flight or impact.
The vessel must be able to be opened so that we may check on the condition of the egg.
You may only use the design materials provided to you.
The materials containing the egg will be dropped down the stair well from the top of the 3rd floor railing, to the second floor.
If there is a “tie”, the project that weighs the least (without the egg) will be named the winner!
Construction Materials
1 poster board
1 egg, in a Ziploc bag
1, 1 meter length of tape
1, 2 meter length of string
10 straws