Egg drop!

            So today we had our egg drop! Our first idea of trying to put yarn in a cup and put the egg in the middle then covering it with more yarn, then stuffing it inside of a teddy bear. That didn't work I think because when it dropped it flipped onto its back where there was less padding. So we were observing the other groups projects and we saw that bubble wrap really helped other groups with the way it cushioned so we thought we could use that to revamp our project. We got a cylinder container that had a foam that molded to the egg and then we wrapped the whole thing numerous times in bubble wrap. The force was put on the outside and on the cup too.

            Sadly though, our egg protector device didn't work very well. When it was dropped we thought it would be light enough to not have a big impact, but since we put so much bubble wrap when the device hit the ground it bounced numerous times. The forces acting upon this was weight down and normal force up. The people who seemed to do boxes and put lots of stuffing in worked pretty well. I think also because my partner duct taped the foam to the egg it didn’t help because there was no cushioning. The duct tape made the foam compress against our egg instead of providing extra cushion. I also think that because our egg bounced a lot there was more force put on the device again and again.

            If we could do the drop again I would do something like the other groups with the padding in the box. I thought that the idea of a wider space with lots of padding was a good idea! I also liked Cade's idea by putting something on the bottom to absorb the impact of the fall. I also liked the idea of putting little weights on the bottom so that it would stabilize the device. I think the resistance of the paper towels was good too because it slowed down the device a little. I would use all of those to create something that would protect the egg better if I could redo the project.