Science: The Great Egg Drop Project

Hold an egg at ceiling’s height. Drop it.

What happens? 

Can you design a container that will prevent the egg from breaking or cracking?

Use Egg Drop Project to help further your understanding

This Friday we will confirm the 12 items and then you will need to organise the materials you need and have them ready by Thursday Week 3 (22nd October)

Materials:

You can choose 12 items/materials from the following list:

• Cardboard
• 5 elastic bands
• 8 popsicle sticks,
• 1 meter of tape
• 2 sheets of construction paper
• plastic bag
• 10 straws
• styrofoam cup
• poster board
• 6 cotton pads
• Q-tips
• 1 pair of socks
• toilet paper
• 30cm string
• 10cm wires
• spaghetti
• 2 balloons
• 1 paper plate
• 5 pieces of tissue paper
• 2 sheets of plastic wrap
• 2 sheets of aluminum foil

These materials are provided:

• eggs
• glue
• scissors
• rulers
• pencil