1. The Egg Drop Challenge
Egg Drop Challenge

2. The Goal of this Challenge
Your goal is to make an egg survive a drop of approximately 8 feet.
You must use the supplies given to you and nothing else to help the egg survive the drop.

3. Material at your disposal
Cardboard
Rubber bands
Popsicle sticks
Yarn
Cotton balls
Tape (NO DUCT TAPE)
Glue
Toilet paper
Straws
Plastic gallon-sized baggy (NOT OPTIONAL MUST HAVE ONE)
NO PARACHUTES!

4. Directions
Working in pairs and just using the materials previously listed you must create a protective cover/casing for you egg.
Your design must be able to fit into a quart sized baggy.
You may also want to test your design before the challenge date.
You must bring your egg with the protective covering with you to class.
On the date of the drop, you will place your egg in a plastic gallon-sized baggy before the drop to prevent a mess in the event your egg does not survive the fall.
If you egg survives the first 8 foot drop. It will be then dropped from the second story. A SURPRISE will be given to groups whose egg survive the second story fall.

5. Restrictions NO HARD-BOILED EGGS!
You cannot alter the egg shell in any way.
No gluing the egg shell
No wrapping the egg shell in tape of any kind.
Your egg with the protective body must fit into a gallon-sized baggy.
You cannot put your egg in a box. You can construct a box out of cardboard to fit around the egg.
Basically, be creative.