Egg Drop Project Materials
Your class will work together in small teams thinking about the best way to protect an egg from being dropped using natural materials.
Egg drop project materials. Be sure to check out our previous egg drop challenges for tips and ideas. A powerpoint and resource order form sheet to give the children the task of designing and creating a structure than can hold an egg and protect it from a 3 metre drop. For this great science experiment you will need eggsballoonsstringnewspaperpaper towelsold socksfabricyou can also add any further materials that you and your class can think of for this fun egg drop activity this bumper egg drop activity lesson pack contains instructions a prompt card and a record sheet for a fun experiment that the whole class can get involved in. Ideal for investigating forces materials or just some eggcellent fun.
The kids always look forward to the annual egg drop project. If you re unfamiliar with this popular stem activity the challenge is for kids to design a contraption using various materials usually recyclables to protect a raw egg from a high fall. Materials for the egg drop challenge cardboard tubes newspaper old boxes paper tape glue rubberbands popsicle sticks baggies straws feathers cottonballs. Raw egg newspaper masking tape balloons straws cardboard cotton toilet paper socks plastic bags.
Egg drop challenge 2018. They will be encouraged to think about the properties of different materials considering which one will work best. Newspaper or plastic drop cloth. The egg drop stem challenge is a nice variation on the commonly used egg parachute challenge.
This was completed as part of a parent s engagement session. 2 raw eggs per team there may be accidents tape glue glue guns and other adhesives.