Anyone's kids ever participated in "Egg Drop" for Science Olympiad?

[6_Time_Momma]

Brittany is in Science Olympiad this Saturday. One of her competitions is Egg Drop. She and her partner get five pieces of paper and 50 cm (I think) of tape. Plus their egg. They have a cone design in mind. What are some successful egg drop constructions you have seen with your kids?

 

[Kitty 34]

One of my son's did the egg drop but it was awhile ago and off hand I can't remember what their thing looked like. Good luck to your daughter!

 

[nativetxn]

How interesting. Travis never participated in this. Good luck to Brittany

 

[becjlek]

One boy in my son's class used a container filled with jello. It worked great.

 

[twinmomplus2new]

We used a strawberry basket lined with cotton balls and then tied a helium balloon on and let it float down.

I have also seen it packed in packing peanuts. and then taped into a cardboard box.

 

[disney4us2002]

A bit different sort of. My oldest has honors physics and they had to design a container that would keep an egg safe from a 2 story drop. They had 5 pieces of paper but nothing else. They were to just fold the paper to hold together. My son and his partner worked on this design and tested it from our roof one weekend and it worked great. Monday came and the design sort of flew sideways with the wind and the egg fell out breaking on the sidewalk below. Regardless of their blueprints, time, experiments, etc. they could not score higher than a 60% because the egg broke. This is still a hot topic in our house in that his 2nd quarter grade dropped from an A to a C. Grrrr.


Good luck to Brittany!

 

[Deb & Bill]

How about folding the paper in a fan-like manner to provide support to the egg?

 

[Serena]

My dd did this, but she could use anything she wanted to protect the egg.

 

[Talking Hands]

My daughter did this and had to drop it from the 5th floor. She could use anything she wanted. Used a nerf football which she hollowed out to fit the egg and then replaced the cover and duct taped it shut. No broken egg.

 

[dbond]

Hmmm, just paper and tape? Nothing else? Our kids had to construct something to protect their egg with toothpicks. We put toothpicks in the blender and created sawdust like stuff to pad the eggs and then built a
box around the egg with the toothpicks & glue.

Can they use water? Maybe they could make some kind of paper mache type packing with the paper to cushion the fall.

 

[Sparx]

I used a styrofoam cup with a sponge around the egg, that didn't break at a 25 ft. drop! But for that, make the cone, put the egg in, and use the remaining paper as padding, drop point down. That should work.

 

[pfishgirl]

DS used a Teddy Bear, put the egg in his belly..worked Great..he got an A!!


hmm 5 pieces of paper and tape?? that's it??

can you fold the paper up individually into a small enough squares around the egg and tape the you know what out of it ??? like fold each sheet seperate, then tape the folded 4 sides to one another, egg inside ??

ok does that make sense?? I'm trying to explain it...

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[6_Time_Momma]

Okay, we took Brittany's design and dropped it out of her window upstairs. It cracked....didn't smash, but cracked. So, we tweeked it a bit, dropped it again. This time it smashed. So, we retweeked it a different way and dropped it again. It survived!!!!!

So, she started from scratch and rebuilt her egg carrier the way of the second tweeking to see if she could repeat the success and lo and behold, the egg survived again!! Yeah!!!

The only difference is that the egg dropped onto frozen ground, whereas tomorrow it will drop on the gym floor. I don't know how much of a difference that will end up making, but we're hoping!!

 

[Lars624]

My DS did the egg drop for Science Olympiad 2 years ago......when he gets home I'll ask him what he used............is your DD competing at MSU?

 

[KittieKat]

im doing science olympiad tomorrow!! but at the high school level. My events are dynamic planet and forrestry. I guess i should start studying for those...now...

 

[SPAM]

HEY IM IN SCIENCE OLYMPIAD!!! my competition is tomorrow and i am competing in chemistry lab, chem id, and robotics.

 

[JennyMominRI]

This has nothing to do with the thread..I just wanted to say I have a 13 DD named Brittany
Good name

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I did the egg drop in Physics class....used a shoe box and panty hose...effectively suspended the egg in the middle of the shoe box. It didn't break. I think our only rule was no parachute or other mechanism to slow the descent. We dropped it from the top of the stadium--i guess the equivelant of 2 stories or so.

 

[always quiet]

In science class earlier this year, my DS had the egg drop project...from the 2nd floor balcony of the school to the ground floor. For every additional item he used (aside from the 5" of tape they supplied), points would be deducted. He used a large "car wash" kind of sponge (you know, those real big, thick ones). We cut a slit on the side of it, removed just a bit of the sponge to make a compartment for the egg, and slid the egg inside. Not only did he only need 1 item, the egg made it without a scratch.

 

[6_Time_Momma]

I bet it could be a lot of fun with being able to use anything. Could be some pretty clever concoctions!! She is also competing in What Went By.....where they have to try and identify animals by tracks, feathers, furs, skeletons, etc.

It is a county-wide competition being held at our local high school.

Kittiekat.....yea. Now might be a good time to start studying!! LOL! Good luck to both you and SPAM.

Jenny--it is a good name, isn't it?

Her design is a cone with a parachute to slow the descent somewhat. The leftover paper, she ripped into tiny pieces to use as padding in the cone around the egg. She only used 4 of the 5 papers, though, as all eggs that survive the drop have their carriers weighed and the one weighing the least wins. So, using as little of the supplies as possible, in other words.