IN THE NAME OF ALLAH MOST MERCIFUL

AND MOST GRACIOUS

SAMPLE :(how the forners request for

the egg drop to the students )
Mrs. Cooke's SGHS Science Classes
Egg Drop Competition

The Problem:
Your mission is to design and construct a package that will
protect its payload (a raw egg). The structure and packaging
must protect the egg from breaking when dropped from the top
of the school (approximately 25 feet).

Objective:
The objective of the Egg-Drop Competition is to design and
build a device or package that will safely deliver a raw medium
egg from a free height of approximately 25 feet. This objective
will be reached by applying the laws of motion.

Construction:

1.

The device must be of original design

2. It can be constructed of any material that you feel is

appropriate, except NO STYROFOAM or other foams may be
used.
3. Upon the initial release of the device, it must be able to fit
within a 25 cm x 25 cm x 25 cm cube. Once the device is
released, it may take any shape or size.
4. There will be no physical contact between the device and
the designer once the device has been released
5. The egg must be put into the design on the day of
competition. The design must allow for easy opening and
inspection of the egg
6. Repairs requiring additional materials will not be allowed
once the competition has begun
7. Free Fall indicates the use of gravitational acceleration
forces only, therefore no propulsion devices or air drag devices
(no parachutes, propellers or wings).
8.

No glass containers

9.

You will clean up you own mess if necessary.

Scoring: This project is worth 120 points

The scoring will be assigned as follows:
1. 20 points for creativity(I will judge). A soda bottle filled with
paper isnt creative and wont protect an egg.

2. 20 points for being on time. 25% off for all late work with 0
points for the competition since the egg container will not be
dropped.
3. 20 points for meeting size requirements. 2 points deducted
for every 1 cm over in any direction.
4.

Up to 20 points for the competition.

5. 40 points for a scientific write-up on this project (guidelines

below).

Rules for competition:

Scoring:
The competition will be scored using a simple mathematical
equation:
SCORE = Mass of device without egg x (time of fall)2
The less massive the device and the faster it falls, the better
your score will be.
Low score wins.

First fourth place = 20 points

Fifth eighth place = 19 points
Ninth 14 = 18 points
15 19 = 17 points
20 24 place = 16 points

24 last place = 15 points

broken during fall = 14 points

Any egg that is broken after being removed from the device by a
designer is automatically out of the competition. (0 points).

Competition day is tentatively scheduled for ______________.

Devices must be brought in on __________ before the
competition for measuring, massing, and judging.

Egg Drop Scoring Rubric

Creativity

20 points possible __________

On Time

20 points possible __________

Size (25cm3)

20 points possible __________

Competition points
__________

20 points possible

subtotal points

(80 for this portion) __________

Write up
Total Egg-Drop Points:
_____________

40 points possible __________

120 points possible

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------On Time

Late

Smaller than 25 cm in all dimensions _________

________ cm

over size

Mass of device =___________

Time of fall = ___________ time2 =____________

Competition Score = Mass x time2

_____________ x ____________ = ____________
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Place in competition
1-4 = 20 points
5-8 = 19 points

9-14 = 18 points
15-19 = 17 points
20-24 = 16 points
25-30 = 15 points
broken = 14 points
broken after being removed from the device = 0 points

Egg-Drop Write-Up
On the day before the competition is to take place, you need to
write a summary (40 points) on the following:
1.

What materials did you use in building your device?

2.

Why did you choose the materials you did?

3.

How did you design your device?

4. Draw a picture of your device explaining how the forces will

be acting on it and protecting the egg.
5. Look at all of the other devices and predict if each will
protect the egg or not.
6. Explain why you believe the other devices will or will not
protect the egg.
7. Draw a table so you can record the results for everyones
device:

The Egg Drop Sample Table

Name
Result

Prediction

Explanation

Notta Lotta Brains

Egg will break
duct tape
Egg broke

Used a brick and

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ima Viking

Egg will survive

Break-away hull to
absorb impact

forces

Egg not damaged

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------May B. Bestegg
cushion to absorb

Egg will survive

Lots of
impact forces

Egg broke
On competition day you need to add these to your write-up:
1. Record the results of everyones egg drop device in your
data table.
2. Calculate the average velocity and the momentum of your
object. Show work.
velocity = distance/time

momentum = mass x

velocity
3. Explain why the acceleration of your object was not 9.8 m/s2
(acceleration due to gravity).

REFRENCE
http://mysite.verizon.net/res7tr0u/id24.html

4. Write a paragraph describing what you would have done

differently (if your egg broke) or why your device worked (if your
egg survived).

Abstract
Its not a new generation fun, competition is there,
By using product development figure .project is made with in
the limits of restrictions. Project science is compulsory to
make the best design.
2nd eq of newtons law
that is
F=ma is the secret of this egg drop.

Contents
1. History of egg drop.
2. Egg drop competition
3. Introduction of project.
4. Project science
4. Development of egg drop project.
4.1. Concept....
4.2. Design..
4.3. Fundamentals..
4.4. Properties.
4.5. Synthesis.
4.6. Product......
5. Conclusion.....

History of egg drop competition

Exact history is difficult to find .but from these wordings we can say
that it is not a new generation game .
in February 29, 1996 the UW-Oshkosh chapter of the Society of
Physics Students held First Annual Egg Drop Contest. It was a
rousing success...50% of the eggs survived their trip down the
northwest stairwell of Halsey. Of course, there were only two eggs

entered in the contest and both of them by the same team (a slight
breach of the rules), but that should not detract from the thrill of the
contest. [1]
27th Annual Physics Egg Drop Contest
What do you get when you combine boisterous Upper School boys
singing re-worded Christmas carols and smashing eggs all in the
name of science? The 27th annual Physics Egg Drop contest,
which was held on Tuesday, December 16. Each year Physics
Teacher, Dr. Robert Morse, challenges students to design an
apparatus to protect a single egg, so that when it is dropped from
three-stories, it can survive the impact. [2]
This is the 27th Annual function ,fro here we can conclude that on
school/college /university level it may properly started almost 27
years back.

Title: EGG-DROP: An Amazing

Project
School: Mahidol Wittayanusorn, Salaya, Nakornpathom,
Thailand
Hundred years ago, who would think we could ever fly in the sky, go
to the other parts of the world that we will never see, just in twentyfour hours? Who would ever think news can spread so quickly that it
happens and just in a few seconds. Everybody has been talking
about it even one in Asia or in Europe. It is exactly the same as what
we are doing now. Who would think that we could drop an egg from
the seventh-floor of a building, pick it up from the ground, and then
use the egg to cook an omelet? Perhaps, it mustnt be broken! Some
of us actually did it by creating a model. How? This question comes
to be the most important project of M.5 students of Mahidol
Wittayanusorn, the first science school in Thailand. This Egg-Drop

project will give the important experience for the students. They will
show their abilities of thinking the way to save an egg, applying
physical knowledge for designing the package, and creating a model.
Especially, it depends on a unity of the group to succeed. Were
telling you what we think, what we create and the result of our model
and the egg.
Many high schools around the world have been finding the way to
save an egg from falling. As many competitions were held, many
students got inspired by many forms of possible models. Nobody
knows whether they do it for money or fame. But why does this little
problem become well-known worldwide. For us, as science high
school students, we want to prove our intelligence and scientists
spirit. We strongly believe that we can go through any problems if we
intend to solve them and that every problem has its own solution;
although sometimes there was only one solution. The second cause
is that many colleges needs smart students to study in their faculties
such as engineering, medical, and science. Furthermore, we may be
needed very soon for developing our country in a better way, then
make it become a developed country. This competition must be one
of the best starting points for us to show our abilities. The last cause
is very simple. Our school needs to prove that the students have
been taught very well and that the students are ready as qualified
human resources. From now on, our school will probably be watched
by many important people for example, a prime minister, a scion of
the royal house, or even a president of MIT University! As a
consequence, Thailand will be famous by our act at this time!
In this project, we built a container which can protect an egg as it falls
from the seventh-floor of the first building of Mahidol Wittayanusorn
School. We had to think about how the energy is converted from
potential energy to kinetic energy, and how to decrease the bumping
force from the ground to the egg. Of course, we cannot change the
egg in any ways (no chemicals on the egg, no tapes on the egg.)
From the other models in the other countries, which we did
researches on the internet, mostly, there are some complex models
which are too hard to complete. In our design, we have decided that a
model should be simple, but still has an ability to protect an egg from
breaking. Then, the materials we used to decrease the bumping force
and slow down the acceleration of the gravity, which allows the egg to

fall softly, are some balloons. After that, we chose a box, a piece of
clothes and some threads. We put the piece of clothes we had
chosen in the box, tied it with some air-filled-balloons above.
Furthermore, we stuck the other balloons below the box; they are
also used to prevent the egg from bumping. The reason we put some
clothes in the box is for protecting an easy-to-be-broken egg. Our
model is now completely constructed and ready for dropping.
Actually, we should try a few smaller heights from the building as
trials before the competition. Unfortunately, we had never tested our
model. On the competition day, held on the seventh-floor of Mahidol
Wittayanusorn first building, we dropped it for the first and last time.
Moreover, the weather was terrible too. There was a strong cold wind
blowing. We were really afraid that the wind would make our model
turned over. Consequently, the egg was broken. For the criterion in
this competition, equally, every group is scored by the formula
[30(W/31) + 30(N/18) + 40(DZ/2)]*EIF where: W=model weight
(grams), N= number of parts, DZ=Drop Zone and EIF=Egg Integrity
Factor (1 if not cracked or 0 if cracked). The winner is the one who
gets the least score; however, the score mustnt be zero. Our model
was 230 grams and there were 22 parts on it. Whatsoever, the egg
was broken so, our EIF turned out to be 0. That means weve got 0 in
the competition and didnt have any chances to be the winner.
As we have thought about it, the cause of the breaking of the egg is
probably the weather. Weve seen that our model fell down and
turned over as we thought. So, our balloons used to reduce the force
were useless. The wind blew our model far away from the Drop Zone.
Apart from that, the box wasnt strong enough to protect the egg so it
crashed against the ground and cracked. Because of the bad
weather, the container couldnt prevent the egg from bumping the
ground. Another cause of this must be that we havent tested the
model yet. We had too much confidence that it wouldnt be broken.
Moreover, the balloons werent good enough for the model because,
actually, we wanted them floating (filled with Helium), but we filled the
balloons by normally blew the air in, so they couldnt slow down the
acceleration of the gravity. Finally, zero score is belonged to us.
In conclusion, the cause of doing this project is that we were going to
prove our intelligence as young junior scientists; also this is the best
initiating point for us to apply in the good colleges. We are praising

our school on a world classified school while many important people

are watching us. By creating this model, using balloons to reduce the
acceleration of the force of gravity then got a zero in the competition
because of a broken egg; the model still isnt strong enough for the
strong wind. Some of the models of the other groups were working.
They saved their eggs from breaking. We think if we had used the
Helium balloons instead of those simple balloons, we would have
saved it on the day of the competition. Who knows? Ten years from
now, dropping an egg or even other small things from the seventhfloor of a building maybe very common for us, just like flying on an
airplane from Thailand to America which was impossible years ago,
but is so common nowadays. Well see.

2. Egg drop competition

The egg drop contest is an experiment usually performed by college
or high school students enrolled in technical courses such as physics
and engineering. Competitors typically attempt to create a device that
can keep a raw chicken egg intact when dropped from a height.

2.1 Common restrictions

In order to keep the competition safe and fair for all competitors,
restrictions are usually placed on the nature of the containers used.
Common restrictions are:
Weight limits (commonly 100 grams)
Size limits
Materials limits (usually in the form of a list of prohibited materials, or
in a specified list of allowable materials)
Design limitations (limitation on drag devices, mechanical complexity
etc.)
Cost limits

2.2 Approaches to device design

The use of materials to aid in the absorption of shock is a common

approach. It is possible to prevent the eggs from breaking by
absorbing the egg's kinetic energy when the device hits the ground.
Another approach is a helicopter type device that attempts to slow the
device by converting gravitational potential energy into rotational
energy, thus dissipating the energy as air drag before the device hits.
Sometimes, air resistance is used to cause the device to collide with
the ground in a desired orientation (to "stabilize the device"). For
example, a project might have a 'kite tail', fins, or a parachute. If the
device can be oriented relative to the ground when it strikes it is only
necessary to provide shock absorption in one direction. This can be
advantageous if weight or other restrictions apply.

2.3 Bare egg drop

Another approach to the competition is to make a container that will
keep a bare egg from breaking when the egg is dropped into the
container. This competition is normally done indoors to avoid winds
that can deflect the fall of the egg. For this competition, commonly
used energy-absorbing materials are peanut butter, sand, chocolate,
styrofoam,cotton, and bubble-wrap

2.4 Egg hurl

A common variation on the Egg Drop competition is the Egg Hurl
competition, where the containers are hurled by a device such as a
trebuchet or air cannon. This variation is often used by schools that
lack tall structures from which to drop the containers.[1] The Egg Hurl
variation adds additional difficulties to the design of the container,
since it is initially hurled at high speed and has to cope with horizontal
as well as vertical velocities upon landing.[3]

3. Introduction of project
The project is to make a structure or some thing like that which can
Save the egg when dropped from the height almost 30 feet. This
includes a structure and a parachute that is hand maded.
Structure is not heavy from 300 g. threads are used to connect the
structure and the parachute. Total weight of the structure and the
parachute is almost less than 300g.

4 .Project science
Here is some useful physics: Just before the egg's package hits
the ground, the egg has some speed (depending on the height
from which it is dropped.) You want the egg to change its speed to
zero as slowly as possible.
That is, you don't want it to go from 20 miles per hour to zero
miles per hour in 1/100 second. You want it to slow down
gradually.
(This is because it takes more force to suddenly change the
speed of something than to gradually change its speed, and we
want the least amount of force possible exerted on the egg.)
Maybe you know the equation F = ma
where "F" is force,
"m" is mass,
and "a" is acceleration.
F=MA
Lower the force.lower the pressure is exerted on the structure.
More the chance of safe landing.

There are two basic ways to save the egg. You either need to
provide for energy absorption upon impact so the shell isn't broken
or you need to slow the descent of the egg so the the impact is
below that needed to break the shell.
And the second is that egg has to pass maximum time in the air.
Either having slow speed or moving in between vertical and
horizontal. Because that creates an angle .that lessened the
pressure and energy.

4. Development of egg drop project

development of any thing starts from the first and that are
1. Concept
2. Design
3. Fundamentals
4. Properties
5. Synthesis
6. Product

This figure is the development pyramid. Covers basic steps to

develop any thing.

4.1. Concept
This experiment is designed to demonstrate the concepts of
Newtons second law, acceleration,
collision, and resilience. That is F=ma
The concept is to make some thing that can help to drop the egg
form some height. For this purpose many ideas and structures
are discussed based on there properties. First of all we have to
make a structure that carries the egg and a parachute that carries
the both.

4.2. Design
THESE ARE SOME DESIGNS OF EGG DROP PROJECT..INCLUDING
STRUCTURE THAT IS ON TOP AND BOTTOM THAT IS EGG AND ITS
HANDLER.

BASIC DESIGN THAT SHOWS THE PARTS OF DESIGN

4.2.1 INITIAL DESIGNS

SOME OF THE DESIGNS WERE MADE ON JUST SOME IDEAS
THOSE ARE SHOWN BELOW.

This is a nice structure but the problem is that it is a very low weight
structure it is not stable to high pressure and wind bellowing opposite to
its motion .it is rejected

This is quite stable than other but the problem is that if this structure ..is
inverted it keeps coming down in that state. it cannot change its position
atomically thats why it is failed in safe landing.
.

this is simple and stable..but because of weight limits it is also rejected.

And the other problem is that when it hits the ground .the egg jumped and
hits the ground .
This is the main problem.

this is good. but the problem is that it hits the ground with some speed
then the egg will hit the ground in between the legs of structure.
..

this is innovative. But has a big disadvantage that it keeps on going with
consatnat velocity and wgen it comes in the mid way it gains some speed
and hits the ground hard.
Air, wind pressure are the big variables of this structure.
,

FINAL DESIGN
AT LAST AFTER TESTING MANY DESIGNS
WE GET THE BEST DESIGN
AND THAT IS

This is the best design we find. fulfill our all the requirements
it is tested 10 times it save the object 9 times
it has almost 90 %

EGG DROP FUNDAMENTALS

The objective, of course, in this exercise is to keep the egg from breaking.
To accomplish this
objective, we desire to minimize the force that the egg experiences upon
impact. We can begin
to quantify this force by examining some fundamental laws of gravity and
momentum as laid out
by Issac Newton. Newtons Second Law of Motion relates force,
acceleration, and the rate of
change of momentum as follows:
F = ma = d(mv)
dt
where F represents force, m represents mass, a represents acceleration, v
represents velocity, and
t represents time. The product of mass and velocity is momentum. Thus,
Newtons Second Law
states that force is directly related to an objects rate of change of
momentum. We have all
experienced this force when we decelerate (or accelerate) while driving.
Further, the more
quickly we decelerate, the larger the force we experience. Assuming that the
mass of the object
does not change, we can divide through by the mass to show that the
acceleration is equal to the
time rate of change of the velocity. Typically, this acceleration is expressed
in gs where 1g is
the acceleration (or gravity, 9.8 m/s2 ) on Earth.
As a specific example, consider a car uniformly decelerating from 60 mph to
rest. The change of
momentum would simply be the mass of the car multiplied by the change in
velocity -- 60 mph.
Note that the change in momentum is constant independent of the time
required to bring the car
to rest. However, the above equation shows that the force increases as the
time required

decreases. Since the mass of the car remains unchanged, we can evaluate the
acceleration.
Converting from miles per hour to meters per second, the change in velocity
is 26.8 m/s. If the
car is brought to rest in 2.7s, then the acceleration is 9.8 m/s2, or 1g. During
this time, the car
would travel 36m or about 120 feet. If the car is brought to rest in 0.54s, the
acceleration is 5gs
and the distance traveled is only 7.2m or about 24 feet. This acceleration is
about what
astronauts experience upon liftoff but below the limit for human survival
(around 10 gs).
Astronauts wear gravity suits which enable them to survive these high
accelerations.
Thus, we see that for the egg to survive, we must try to minimize the eggs
velocity upon impact,
and/or maximize the time (distance) over which the egg is brought to rest
(meaning provide
some sort of cushion around the egg to absorb the force when the egg hits
the ground). When
dropped, the egg is accelerated by gravity. When the air resistance (the force
experienced when
placing ones hand out in a strong wind), which increases with increasing
velocity, equals
gravity, the eggs velocity will remain constant. This velocity is known as
terminal velocity.
Parachutists depend on this phenomenon to survive when jumping out of
airplanes.

Synthesis
In making of the project (8) things are used
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

cloth
fibers(finest yarn)
plastic pipes
glue
egg handler
steel wires
plastic elbows(T)
egg.

First of all 2 m square cloth is taken. That is converted into

circular shape with the help of seizer. Small loops are attached to it
. yarns are fixed with it .yarns are of same length. it seems like the
small parachute.

By using plastic. A rectangular structure is made. First of all plastic

pipe is converted into small joints and vertical rods. All are fixed
together.

Steps
Required steps to make the whole scene is as fallow

This is for the upper part that is a parachute

Properties
In the properties we are discussing the basic properties and how they
relate with physics. Strength is the big property ,because of plastic
pipes are used .and they are fixed vertically.
Big parachute of almost 2 by 2 meter . Of size is used.
And some properties are dicussed below.

Product
THE FINAL PRODUT WHICH PASSED ALL THE PROCESS AND
STEPSof product development
IS A PARACHUTE AND A STRUCTURE WITH EGG.

it is ready to fly.

Conclusion
The conclusion is that we are able to protect or safe the egg
which is dropped from the height of 20m.this is basically a
project based on the product development figure which
covers all the aspects of production of a new thing.
Egg drop secret is that ..to save the egg there must be one
thing of the three
First is that egg should take maxium time in the air ..that
means it comes down slowly and hit the ground the with slow
speed.
Second is that if it comes fast, then there must be a structure
that can equallt transmit the energy that is kinetic energy in
all the directions so that there is little bounce.
And the last is that it comes down in between horizontal and
vertical .so that there is small kinetic energy and momentum.

References....
[1] First egg drop
http://www.phys.uwosh.edu/rioux/SPS/egg/egg.html
21/01/2009
[2] st.albans school
http://www.stalbansschool.org/home/news_item.asp?id=501

21/01/2009
[3] Egg drop competition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_drop_competition
21/01/2009

[4] SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

EDUCATION
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING -- GRADES 9-12: MODULE 3
EGG DROP
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~jmconrad/hsed/meeg_3s9.pdf
21/01/2009
GENEAL REFRENCES
www.centenary.edu/physics/egg - 13k
competitions.asme.org/eggdrop/
web.njit.edu/~leejw/kmso/2004eggdrop/ - 24k

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