Egg Drop Project
Objective
Create a design that does not allow
2 eggs to break when dropped from
the 3rd floor classroom window.
Design Requirements
• Design must have a mass of
800g or less. This mass
should include:
- egg (large egg ~ 60 g)
- Your design
Designs are due Tuesday, Nov 3
Eggs will be dropped on Monday,
November 9th, 2009
Design Rules Materials that MAY be used:
• No pre-made containers may • Card board (to make a
be used. Pre-made containers container)
would include cups, boxes, • Balloons
plastic eggs, etc. • Newspaper/Tissue Paper
• You may not wrap your egg • Straws
with a product & present this • Cotton
as your design. • Paper clips
• A design must be created by • Toothpicks
the student. Packing a bag • Smaller bags
full of one item (like cotton) • String
is not an example of a design. • Rubber bands
I am interested in seeing • Ask me if you have a different
your thought process when item in mind that does not fall
creating your design. on the unapproved list to see if
it is Ok to use.
Items that you MAY NOT use include: quilt batting, bubble wrap, packing
peanuts (any type), foam rubber products (Nerf®), polystyrene products
(Styrofoam ®), food products, insulation products of any type, stuffed
animals, no liquids, shaving cream, Gak® & Gak- like products. Ask if you are
uncertain if the product will be accepted or not.

Egg Drop Outcome (30 pts.)
Egg does not break- 30 pts.
Shell has hair-line crack- 20 pts.
Egg is busted- 15 pts.
No egg design- 0 pts.
Egg Drop Grade Breakdown
Egg Design Grade (30 pts.)
• Does your design meet the
requirements listed on the
previous page?
- - requirements
include materials, and
meets the mass
requirement
Decoration (10 pts.)
The presentation of the container will
count for 10 points of the project.
Use it as an outlet for your creativity!
Decorate it with glitter, stickers,
drawings, make it fun!

Is your design well thought out?

Project Write Up (30 pts.) Must be typed and printed or neatly handwritten; five to six complete, descriptive
sentences per paragraph!

You have three 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 C. You may opt to answer questions #1 & #3, but the best grade you may
receive as a result, will be a B. Students that answer each 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. Design improvements should include
reasons based on the physics concepts being studied. Extra credit points are only available for students wanting to
achieve an A.
Questions

1. 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?
2. An explanation of Newton’s three laws and your design’s motion in relationship to each.
3. A concluding paragraph of how successful was your crate, improvements you would make, and how you
defeated gravity, and Newton’s laws of motion in your creation.