Egg Drop
By: Mark Grunke
On Thursday, November 29, the Physics
class participated in the famous egg drop. The containers were homemade
using only paper, string,
rubber bands, pipe cleaners, tape and glue. The containers also had to weight no greater than 400 grams and it could not exceed 30 centimeters in any direction.The containers were dropped first from the counter, then the ceiling of the classroom. The Physics class is doing this to measure the maximum impact velocity of the container and the g’s of force on the container at the time of impact.
rubber bands, pipe cleaners, tape and glue. The containers also had to weight no greater than 400 grams and it could not exceed 30 centimeters in any direction.The containers were dropped first from the counter, then the ceiling of the classroom. The Physics class is doing this to measure the maximum impact velocity of the container and the g’s of force on the container at the time of impact.
The egg drop is a competition between the
Physics students. The winner of the egg drop was determined by how many
successful drops by the containers and how light the container weighs.
Of the eighteen students, fifteen had
egg drops from the counter and the
ceiling. They had two tries to have the egg not break. Sometimes, the
egg will break when it is pushed off of the counter, but the egg will
survive when the egg is dropped from the classroom ceiling. This may happen because the container has more time to orient itself when it is dropped from a higher height.
Last Friday, a winner was determined when
the final containers were dropped from the ceiling of the gym. The
winner was Mark Grunke. The winning container is on display in the case
between Mr. Dobberpuhl’s and Mr. Wels’s rooms.
