If an egg was destined to fall off of a 20 foot balcony would you want to save it, How would you save it? Well, that is what Mr. Cassone’s Engineering I class attempted to do it in the cargo drop lab. There were a total of 11 groups, consisting of students from Freshmen to Seniors, who were each given an egg to protect. Their job was to make a contraption to soften the fall, and allow the egg to remain safe after being dropped off the 20 foot balcony outside the loading deck.
Students used a variety of materials to create parachutes, gliders, or a set of wings, for the egg. They first created a sketch of their idea, then used materials such as: Balloons, Paper straws, rubber bands, cardboard, styrofoam, and garbage bags. Out of the 11 groups, 8 survived the fall, and 3 eggs unfortunately cracked. This project was meant to teach kids the engineering design process and how to efficiently design attachments to specimens.
