Egg Drop Contest
by Cathy Gundersen
October 10, 2008
Students in Mrs. Smith's fifth grade class participated in an egg drop contest recently. Through the Interactive Distance Learning, students were guided through a lesson where they designed a contraption to protect a raw egg when dropped to the ground. Students could only use the materials given to them but were not required to use all of them. The materials included a paper plate, a plastic sack, two balloons, two rubber bands, tape, straws, string, and a ziploc bag. Students worked in teams to sketch then build a design to protect their egg. They answered questions about the choice of their design, their hypothesis, and their conclusion. Out of the eight egg drops, two were successful.
Click on the slide show below to see the students working on their designs and dropping their eggs.
