Egg Drop Project
Objective: Create a design that does not allow an egg to break when
dropped from the second story of our school building.
Design Requirements: Design must have a mass of 300 g or less.
Design Rules:
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Design must fit in a large ziplock bag and the bag must
be sealed based on the sealing system of the bag. No tape
may be added to seal your bag.
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No pre-made containers may be used. Pre-made
containers would include cups, boxes, plastic eggs, etc…
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You may not wrap your egg with a product and present it
as your design. (example: wrapping your egg in bubble
wrap)
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No extensions from the bags, which include wings or
parachutes.
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You must create a design to house your egg (do not just
fill your Ziplock bag with grass)
There will be only one drop for each egg.
EGG DROP: Friday, November 8
Project Write Up: Wednesday, December 13
Egg Drop Grade Breakdown
Egg Drop Outcome
Egg Design Grade
Egg Drop Data Sheet
(15 pts)
(35 pts)
( 20 pts)
Does your design
Egg does not break-
meet the
To earn 20 points,
15 pts
requirements listed
students must
Egg has hair-line
above? (requirements complete all parts of
crack – 10 pts
include materials,
the summary sheet
Egg is busted – 5 pts
fitting inside the bag,
and show their work.
No egg design – 0 pts
meets mass
requirement)
- Include a
drawing of your
design with
major
components
labeled
Project Write Up ( 30 pts) Must be typed; five to six complete,
descriptive sentences per paragraph!
You have two options for this section. You may opt to answer only
question #1, but understand by doing this, the best you may receive
on this project is a B. Students that answer both of the questions are
eligible to receive an A on this project.
Students that are striving to get an A on their project, but their egg
broke, may still receive an A if they analyze in their concluding
paragraph (with great detail) why their egg broke by relating the
concepts of physics to their design. Students should also include how
they would improve their design.
Questions
1. Give a creative description of your design and an explanation of
why your crate is designed that way. What were you trying to
accomplish with that design? (you may not just write: I was
trying to design a container so my egg wouldn’t break.)
2. Write a concluding paragraph of how successful your crate was
and what improvements you would make.
Summary Sheet
The following sheet must be completed and turned in the day after
the egg drop (December 11th ).
Please show your work when necessary.
Mass of design ___________________
Force of design (weight) _________________
Distance of drop (measured) _______________________
Time in free fall ___________________
Vertical speed ________________