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THE GREAT EGG DROP
Available Materials: Select up to 4
Cotton balls (10)
Egg carton (6 cups)
Masking tape (3 m)
Newspaper (2 sheets) Plastic bag (2)
Popsicle sticks (10)
Plain paper (5 sheets) Straws (10)
Toilet paper (2 m)
White glue (30 mL)
Rubber bands (10)
Water balloons (5)
Egg Drop Vehicle: Draw your Egg Drop Vehicle below. You may include up to 4 of the above materials
in your design. Circle the materials from the list above that you select. Be sure to include all layers of
protection around the egg in your design. This design must be completed and signed off by a teacher
before materials will be given to begin construction of the Egg Drop Vehicle.
Teacher Signature: ______________________________
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THE GREAT EGG DROP
Wrap-up worksheet
Below is a picture of egg inside an egg drop vehicle. Please, fill in the blanks in the picture with the
following words that correspond to the forces acting on the egg drop vehicle.
Words for picture on left: egg, egg drop vehicle, gravity, air resistance, surface area.
Words for picture on right: egg, egg drop vehicle, gravity, ground, impulse, crumple zone.
In Flight
Impacting Ground
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What materials were best for saving the egg from cracking?
What designs were best for saving the egg from cracking?
Is there any advantage with a larger surface area on the egg drop vehicle?
How important is the impact time (time which the Egg Drop Vehicle spends hitting the ground) with
respect to the crumple zone (area of Egg Drop Vehicle that hits the ground first)?
Explain how each of Newton’s three laws was shown in this activity.
1st:
2nd:
3rd: