Egg Drop
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Mr. Beimers needs help getting eggs down safely from the school roof where seagulls have nested. Students are challenged to design and build an invention to safely deliver an egg from the roof to the ground for the Egg Drop Challenge. The invention must not use any pre-made containers and can only use cardboard from 3 boxes. It will be dropped from the roof by a judge and evaluated based on how easily the egg can be placed and retrieved, the design's creativity and uniqueness, the overall finished product, and whether the egg survives the drop.
Egg Drop
- 1. GRADE 7 Egg Drop Challenge 2012-2013
- 2. “Help deliver our eggs safely to the ground!” A flock of seagulls has gotten stuck on the roof of the school. They have nested and their eggs are rotting. Mr. Beimers is afraid that the decaying mess will attract the fine young animals.
- 3. Mr. Beimers cannot carry all the eggs down because he needs his open arms for the journey down the ladder. He is asking you to lighten his yoke, by creating an invention that allows your egg to straighten up and fly right.
- 4. The cure is to get them down before the police show up and count every egg we break.
- 5. This invention needs to be ready for Thursday, January 26, 2012. You have just short of two weeks to design, create and decorate your invention!
- 6. The challenge: To create an invention that will safely deliver an egg from the roof to the ground, the container will be dropped off the roof by an impartial judge This year’s theme . . .
- 8. RULES
- 9. You may not use any kind of manufactured box, tube, container, carton, or pre-made structure (such as a cereal box, poster tube, toy, or egg carton)! You may use the cardboard from at least three different boxes to build your own!
- 10. You may not use Styrofoam, Styrofoam packing peanuts, intact rubber bands (broken ones are okay), pre-made pillows or cushions, or sponges.
- 11. Parachutes and balloons on the outside of your contraption are not permitted.
- 12. However, you can attach other things to the sides/top/bottom of your animalistic creation to slow its descent. Anything that creates drag or produces friction with the air is good.
- 13. The overall dimensions of the egg dropper should not be larger than 27,000 cubic centimetres. (30x30x30 cm). We realize with animalistic creations that shapes will all be different, but we don’t want tiny egg droppers, nor do we want huge ones.
- 14. This will be an at-home project. You will not be given class-time to complete it. You may work on it alone or with your family members.
- 16. Evaluation Function Ease of entry (should not take more than one minute to place or rescue the egg). 5 points
- 17. Innovation Is your design unique? Have you tried to be creative and defy gravity? 20 points
- 18. Finished Product Is your contraption finished with an eye to detail, and worthy of the trophy case? 20 points
- 19. Practicality Does the egg splat, crack or survive? 5 points