Megan and I had to make something for the egg drop contest. Here's what we did.
- put the egg in a plastic bag (just in case it breaks)
- wrapped it egg in soft foam (the kind that something fragile gets shiiped with)
- put duct tape around it to hold the foam in place
- wrapped all of that in bubble wrap
- put it in a small cardboard box, about 7 inched long, 3 inches in width and 3 inches deep
- duct tape to seal the box closed
We tested our contraption by throwing it out of our second story playroom window. It didn't break!
We were going to attach a parachute to soften the landing, but didn't. Made one, but we didn't use it. We made the parachute by cutting a circle out of a white plastic garbage bag. Used a one of those round laundry baskets as a circle template. Put four holes and attached string to it.
We'll see what happens at school for the actual contest.
Posted by Ron at March 30, 2004 10:47 AM