Egg Drop

     Today at CSCL, I did an egg drop contest. This involved wrapping a raw egg in cushiony materials, and dropping it off something fairly high. We will be putting a package with a camera into near-space, and then parachuting it back down to Earth. This contest was to create a prototype for the camera box. My egg-dropping container was comprised of a couple squishy materials. My team, two other kids and me, had a foam cube with a hole drilled down the center. We broadened the hole so the egg could fit in it, then covered the egg with more foam. We duct taped the foam on, sealing the egg in the foam. Then, we covered the entire thing with bubble wrap, which we duct taped down. Finally, we attached a clothespin to the top, so it would attach to the parachute. All three team's eggs survived the fall, so we were left without data. Thanks for reading this entry!