25/04/2017 EGG DROP CHALLENGE

25/04/2017 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) 25/04/2017 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* Teachers Notes: * this is flexible – change to suit your class. I suggest that the initial launch should be mad by standing on a chair in class, with the winning design from each class being launched from the staircase? Combo time: A) Bag + balloon B) 2 balloons c) 2 bags

25/04/2017 Rules: The egg must be freely able to enter and leave your container. This means you cannot tape it to the container etc. Teachers notes: * Feel free to edit these to suit your class.