EGG

Over the weekend, my friend laura and i decided that we would build and container that would protect our egg, robert, from from the (almost) deadly fall from Dewing hall.

First, we brainstormed possible ideas for the egg protection. we decided to make a structure that had many protective layers. We originally wanted to make a gel encasing around the egg but then decided that cotton balls would be better. following the cotton balls was a plastic cup, this provided the sturdiness needed for support of the egg. then there was a soft layer of plastic bags, surrounded by a cardboard kleenex box. the kleenex box was placed in a bigger box filled with newspaper to reduce the force of the impact. finally, our design was complete.

now, we tested our design. in our first attempt the egg was dropped from the second story of dewing hall and onto grass and dirt. it survived! then we took a risk and tested our design by dropping onto cement instead of grass. our design was successful yet again! then we tested the protection with just the kleenex box, plastic bags, cup and cotton balls as protection. our design was effective in protecting the egg!

sadly, then our egg took one for the team.... the cup and cotton balls were just not enough to save our friend. spencer threw our egg with the minimal protection and then we learned the limits of our experiment.