Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Egg Drop Experiment

Jake had an assignment: figure out a way to drop an egg without breaking it. The rules:
1. The egg has to be raw
2. The egg and it's package can only weigh 120 grams
3. The package can not be bigger than 6"x6"

Our solution? A ziplock bag stuffed with Rice Krispies.

The first attempt at 3 feet worked, so we tried 8 feet.
 It worked.
Good thing too, because Jake's science grade depended on it.
In class they would be graded on whether the egg could survive a 3 foot and 6 foot fall. The grand-champions would compete for a 20 foot fall, so we thought we had better test out our egg.

Jake drops his egg from the second story window.
IT WORKED!
IT WORKED!
Jake went to school, confident in his abilities, but when it came time for testing, his bag flipped just slightly wrong and his egg broke on the 20 foot drop. Bummer!

1 comment:

Keri said...

Sydney did that this year. We put it in a nut container & surrounded it with marshmallows. It survived falling from the roof of her school.