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You have to crack a few eggs to make a good engineer! Working in small groups, young scholars design, build, and test devices that protect an egg from breaking when dropped from a ladder.
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Instructional Ideas
- Require each group to come up with multiple designs, collectively choosing the best one to build and test
- Allow students to bring in additional materials to use when building their landers
- With older students use Newton's Laws of motion to analyze the force experienced by the eggs
Classroom Considerations
- Perform this activity over two days; spending the first day designing and building their landers and the second day testing them
- Materials not typically found in the classroom are required for this activity, so be sure to plan accordingly
Pros
- Includes a procedure for taking measurements and analyzing the results of the drop test
- Offers a suggestion for extending the activity using model rockets
Cons
- The scientific principals involved in the activity are not explicitly addressed