Today we did the egg drop experiment. The goal of this was to build a device to help a raw egg survive a 3 story fall. In order to do this, we needed to use our knowledge of collisions and momentum. The picture is of my groups system. We used a lot of padding and a box to attempt to cushion the fall. Unfortunately, it was unsuccessful. We went for a lot of padding and protection around the egg. The principle sounded good before hand, but ended up not working. The groups that were successful used devices that collapsed or broke, absorbing force away from the egg. Looking back at our device, I think the problem may have been the box. The box created a rigid outer shell, allowing nothing to bend or change shape. Had we not used the box, our bags of cushions would have flattened out on impact, potentially saving our egg. Overall, this lab showed me a lot more about collisions and the importance of time of contact on the surface it is hitting.
Aww don't feel bad, ours didn't survive either : ( It's weird that the other group used a box and it worked perfectly fine though? Do you know what you guys did similar or different?
ReplyDeleteAhhh our baby died. But yes, I think that our idea was good, but got a little unlucky on how it fell, especially since the other group with a similar device survived.
ReplyDeleteyea, that was interesting how the other one with the box survived but we didn't. I agree it may have been how our box fell, it all stopped at once.
ReplyDelete