5th Grade Eggdrop Project

Davis Creek Elementary's 5th Grade
Presents:
The Great Egg Drop!
Sponsored by West Virginia University through the RuralNet Program

Our fifth grade class participated in The Great Egg Drop activity. Each student and their partner built a container that would allow a chicken egg to survive intact from falls of 3', 6', and 13'. We had two days of trial falls. On the first day if the egg did not survive the students changed their design so that the egg would have a better chance of survival the second day. We also had a sheet to write the dimensions of our container, the materials needed to build it, and the procedure used to construct the container. We also had to write the results of each of the three trials each day. We had great fun, even though the teacher refused to get on the roof of the school to drop the eggs!

	Trevor and Steven built their container from: 1) Plastic cup 2) masking tape 3) bubble wrap 4) Foam rubber We first put the styrofoam in the cup, them the bubble wrap and then taped it up! Dimensions: 7" Height, 2.3" Width, 3.2" Depth First Day: Egg did not survive the third trial. We put more foam around our container for the second day. We did great! Our "Coolio" egg survived.
	Sarah and Ally built "Critters 3" from: 1) Orange sherbet box 2) Bubble wrap 3) paper towels 4) plastic snack bag We put the bubble wrap in the bottom of the box with the egg wrapped in paper towels. We put more bubble wrap on top. We closed the lid and taped it shut. Dimensions: 3" Height, 4" Width, 4" Depth First Day: Egg did not survive the last fall. We changed our design for the second day. We put several paper towels in the bottom of the container. We wrapped the egg tightly in more paper towels and put more paper towels on top of the egg. We taped the lid closed. We were successful the second day. "Critters 3" survived the 13' fall from our second floor window!
	Kassie and Emily built "Skittles" from: 1) Paint 2) Tape 3) Styrofoam cut in small cubes 4) Cotton balls 5) Zip lock bag 6) Box We put the styrofoam in the box. Put a little in the bottom of the box. Put cotton balls in the bag, then get another bag and put the egg in that. Close the bag and put it in that bag. Then, put it all in another bag and close it. Tape it shut and DROP! (Also tape the bottom shut) Dimensions: 6" Height, 5" Width, 3" Depth "Skittles" did survive the first day!
	Ryan and Kevin built "Scrambled Eggs" from: 1) Rubbermaid container 2) Masking tape 3) Sponges 4) Cotton balls 5) Bubble wrap 6) Glue We put the sponges on top and bottom of the container and also the four corners. The bubble paper we glued onto the cotton balls. The sponges surrounds the bag and egg that goes inside the snack bag. Dimensions: 6" Height, 5.4" Width, 5.5" Depth "Scrambled Eggs" survived both days and all six falls!
	Brandi and Adam built "Egghead" from: 1) Quilt padding 2) Bubble wrap 3) Styrofoam peanuts 4) A box 5) Plastic sandwich bag We had a box with quilt padding, bubble wrap, and packing peanuts inside. We put the egg in a sandwich bag and put the box into another box. Dimensions: 6" Height, 3" Width, 3" Depth "Egghead" did not survive the 13' fall. We needed more insulation. We added more insulation to protect the egg. Now our container is 6" x 5" x 4". We were successful the second day. "Egghead" survived all three falls the second day. Our container is great!
	John and Eric built "Eggo" from: 1) Plastic container 2) Tape 3) Tissues 4) Glue 5) Cotton balls 6) Springs 7) Bubble wrap We built our container by attaching springs on the bottom of the container. We put the other things inside to protect the egg. Dimensions: 3" Height, 4" Width, 3" Depth "Eggo" survived all three falls the first day. We added more springs to all sides. "Eggo" did not survive the 13' fall from the window. It bounced too high upon impact with the asphalt.
	Greg and Richie built "Egg Divers" from: 1) Large plastic cup 2) Tape 3) Cotton balls 4) Three sponges 5) Zip lock bag We built our container by putting the sponges in the cup, put the egg in the bag which is full of cotton balls. Dimensions: 6" Height, 5" Width, 2" Depth "Egg Divers" survived all six falls.
	Brenda and Jamie built "Leo Brower" with: 1) Foam board 2) Duct tape 3) Expanding foam 4) Saran wrap We used foam board. We put duct tape into a cube like shape. We left the bottom the lid off and put expanding foam in the bottom, wrapped the egg in Saran Wrap and put more expanding foam on top. Put the foam lid on with a hole in the lid. Dimensions: 6" Height, 6" Width, 6" Depth "Leo Brower" survived all six falls. We love the Great Egg Drop!
	Brittany and Staci built "Egg Crazy" with: 1) Paper towels 2) Yarn 3) Paint 4) Box 5) 8 Elastic bands We built our container with a box filled with yarn pom pom balls, along with paper towels. The outside was painted with a smiley face and the elastic bands went around the sides of the box. Dimensions: 5" Height, 2" Width, 2" Depth "Egg Crazy" did not survive the second fall the first day. It landed on it's side. We added more bands to the outside. It still did not survive the 13' fall the second day.

Egg Drop containers show great creativity and inventiveness.

These pictures show the 13' fall from the second floor classroom window. Next, the string that was used to measure our three falls, 3' 6' 13'. The next pictures show the not surviving eggs beside the eggs that survived. The last picture show all the egg containers placed together.

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Created 3-15-98