Name: Juan Carlos Garcia Class: 8A

EGG DROP PROJECT

Question/Problem/Purpose: Does the mass of a structure impact its ability to safely protect a falling egg? As an application of our studies on distance, speed, velocity, acceleration, Galileo, gravity and momentum, we are going to participate in an egg drop competition. Observation/Background Research: a. b. Acceleration of Gravity (in a vaccum) is 9.8 m/s/s Momentum = Mass * Velocity p = m *v

Hypothesis: If the structures are badly designed , then the egg will break , because the structure is what matters. PROCEDURE/DESIGN PROCESS: 1. Introduction 2. Lab group brainstorm 3. Design 4. Create Materials List 5. Design Share-Out 6. Construction 7. Test 8. Re-Design 9. COMPETITION/DATA COLLECTION 10. Analyze video and data. 11. Share our video to the class. 12. Project Reflection

TIMELINE: M Project Introduction

T Team Design Process, Create Materials List Egg Drop Competition/ Data collection

W Design ShareOut, Materials Analyze data

Th VALUES DAYNo Class

F NO SCHOOL

Final Construction

Conclusion sections

Project Reflection

DESIGN CONSTRAINTS: 1. Your structure must be less than 35 cm x 24 cm x 12cm. It must be able to fit inside my shoe box and allow the lid to close. 2. You must provide your own raw, store -bought egg (NOT HARD BOILED!). 3. Your design must not include changing the egg in any way (no tape on the egg, no nail polish on the egg, no soaking the egg in vinegar, no hollow egg...). 4. No glass of any kind may be used in the design, for obvious reasons. 5. The egg container and all materials must remain intact. For example, no parts inside or out - can fall or break off during flight or impact. 6. The container must be able to be opened once we return to the classroom so that we may check on the condition of the egg. The inside materials must be designed to allow raw egg to be easily inserted and removed. 7. Design materials should be readily available, as you must provide what is used in your individual construction. 8. The containers will be dropped into the courtyard from the 3rd floor hallway. 9. Containers must be constructed prior to the Tuesday of testing. 10. Label your container with your name you may also assign a name to the project itself. Be creative. 11. Once a project is in school it may not be touched by anyone other than its owners or Kevin. Variables: Independent: the egg protection structure Dependent: the time, and momentum Controlled: egg, distance. Materials: An egg 1 garbage bag 1 dart some string little cotton

Results: Momentum = mass X velocity Lab Group Momentum (kg * m/s) team galo oompa loompa 140 grams la banda EPPA Egg missile 2.5893 1.44 Mass (kg) .411 .298 Velocity (m/s) 6.3 4.8 Distance (m) 4.6 4.6 Time (s) .72 .95 Successfully protected? yes yes

.546

.140

3.9

4.6

1.17

yes

3.45 1.4976 .2852

.75 .312 .124

4.6 4.8 2.3

4.6 4.6 4.6

.99 .95 2.00

yes yes yes

the results show that smaller or lighter projects survived while some heavier projects did not. It is shown on the chart that lighter projects survived. The parachutes made it too easy. Conclusion: Does the mass of a structure impact its ability to safely protect a falling egg? If the structures are badly designed , then the egg will break , because the structure is what matters.The hypothesis actually showed that lighter projects were better.We remove the parachutes in order to remove the problems discussed earlier. we should drop it from a higher distance with wind.