We took a video so you can see what happened. Each one counting down and anxiously awaiting the results. Nervously, both boys prepared for their drop. This time, Bones added a lot more padding on all sides of his egg and added a parachute to his contraption in hopes that it would soften the fall for our BIG TEST… The second story window! It allows us to reevaluate, assess what works and doesn’t and teaches us to be resilient. Back to the drawing board.įailure is just as important as the successes.
While it was only cracked a tad, taking the tape off of it completely crushed it. Because Legoman had a parachute on his, he was able to notice that his dropped slower and therefore had a softer fall.īones, however, was not as successful. It was really cool watching the eggs drop this time. Again, Legoman measured the height of the step and we recorded the data. In fact, he couldn’t even look.įor our second trial, we traveled next door to our neighbors higher porch. Bones was not so sure about the next fall. After close inspection, they boys found their eggs survived the short fall. They measured the height of the step (which in hindsight we now realize we should have measured the height of our hands) and then Ready, Set, DROP!īoth boys were successful. So off we went to the front porch for our first experiment. The boys decided they wanted to test their contraption by dropping their eggs from 3 different heights. You can read more about it by clicking on the picture below.
The boys (ages 6 & 8) set out to create their perfect contraption. The challenge was given to create a structure for a raw egg, that protect the egg from cracking at any height of a fall. Engineering The Perfect Contraptions for an Egg Drop This project was just the motivation we needed. I have always wanted to do an egg drop project with the boys, but all of our other projects seem to get in the way. The Creative Challenges are designed to encourage children to think independently through self-directed projects that encourage problem solving and creative thinking. In case you missed Part One of our Egg Drop Project, I will explain a little more about the Creative Challenges from Tinkerlab. Today I will share the science side of the project, but be sure to check out Hands On Play Party where I shared the invitation and the creations the boys made. You might not be surprised to find out that we turned this challenge into a Creative and Scientific Egg Drop Project. If you are a regular here, you know how much we love science around here. We love everything Tinkerlab does, so when Rachelle put out a call for participants to create with eggs, I got excited. Its time for another Saturday Science! This week is a special week here at Lemon Lime Adventures because we are taking part in Tinkerlab’s exciting Creative Challenge Project.