This project will have the students build devices, made only of 2 liter
bottles, to protect an egg when it is dropped from a specified height.
Students, in groups of 2, will construct an egg drop device using ONLY
2 liter bottles ... the bottles themselves, the caps, & the label.
You may use more than one bottle if you wish. On the drop day, the teacher
will supply you with one raw egg to be placed in the device. It will be
dropped from the second floor. When it is retrieved, you'll need to bring
it back to the classroom and remove the egg in the teacher's presence.
Any sort of crack counts as a failure. If it survives, it will be repackaged
and dropped again. If it survives 2 drops, it will then be dropped from
the top of the stadium.
SCORING:
F = failing to do an acceptable
project
D = the egg breaks after the
first drop
C = the egg breaks after the
second drop
B = the egg breaks after the
third drop (stadium)
A = the egg survives all 3 drops |
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