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EGG DROP CHALLENGE. The Challenge. You must work in groups to design and build a container that will hold an egg. Your finished design will be dropped from a height. At the end of the eggsperiment the egg inside must not be cracked or broken. Instructions (~10 groups).
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The Challenge • You must work in groups to design and build a container that will hold an egg. • Your finished design will be dropped from a height. • At the end of the eggsperiment the egg inside must not be cracked or broken.
Instructions (~10 groups) Each team will receive: • 1 Egg • 1 polystyrene cup(egg packet) • 10 balls of cotton wool (got this) • 10 Straws/wooden splints • 1 Sheet of Paper • Scissors • Cellotape • 2 Elastic bands • 1-2M of string per group • glue • Timing: • You will have the rest of this period and next period to design and build your egg container. • The containers will be launched at the end of next period* Combo time: A) Bag + balloon B) 2 balloons c) 2 bags
Rules: The egg must be freely able to enter and leave your container. This means you cannot tape it to the container etc.