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Egg drop. By Carolina Penagos. observation. An egg shell is very fragile !. question. How can I prevent an egg shell breaking during a 5 meter fall ??????. hypothesis. If I leave no empty space inside my package , then my egg will survive !. Sketch. Key. Plastic bag.
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Eggdrop By Carolina Penagos
observation • Aneggshellisveryfragile!
question • How can I preventaneggshellbreakingduring a 5 meter fall??????
hypothesis • If I leave no emptyspaceinside my package, then my eggwillsurvive!
Sketch Key Plastic bag newspaper Plastic box egg inside outside
Materials • plastic bag • Egg • Newspaper • Plastic box
Procedure • Makeanobservation • Ask a question • Write a hypothesis • Do theexperiment • Analyseresults • Write a conclusion • Communicateresults
Procedure of howtomaketheexperiment • Firstgathermaterials • Thenwrincleallyournewspaper • Stuffsome of thenewspaperintothesodes of the bag • Fill in theplasticboxwithnewspaper and puttheegg in themidle • Makeshuretofilleveryemptyspace and thenyou´rereadytodrop!!!
Results Trial 1 Eggsurvivedbutneeds more softening Trial 2 Packageworkedperfectly
Conclusion • My hypothesiswasprovencorrectbecause my eggsurvivedthedrop. Theresultsindicatethat my hypothesiswascorrect. Therewere no sources of error that I wasaware of.Because of thisexperiment I learnedthatthesimplerpackagesworkbest, forexample I comparedresultswith a friend and herpackagehad a parashute and hereggbroke so simplerthingsworkbest. If I wereto do thisexperimentagain I wouldstuff in more newspaper so thattheeggis more protected.