Today we had an egg-drop.

The objective was to build a contraption that, when dropped from 6 feet, would prevent an egg from cracking. We could use only 15 Q-tips, 10 tongue depressors, 5 corks, 10 straws, 10 rubber bands, and glue.

The egg-dropper that I made was similar to a 3 sided pyramid. I made the frame out of tongue depressors, with corks on all four corners to act as shock absorbers. I then attached Q-tips to each corner to reduce force to the egg on impact. Once I put the egg inside, I tied all the open sides closed with string so the egg couldn’t roll out.

To my surprise, my egg-drop was a failure, and that ain’t no yolk! (get in? That’s funny…) The egg shell broke almost perfectly into 2 piece, and the yolk came sliding out. I had fun working on it, so that’s what matters.

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~Blog-dude~