No matter what kind of egg drop experiment you host and whichever contraption you build, be sure to conduct this activity outside. Some contests reward the contraption that protects the most eggs and some require the creation of a contraption to catch a “naked egg.” The suggestions below are designed with younger kids in mind and focus on the creation of a contraption to protect a single falling egg. There are countless ways to conduct an egg drop experiment. Plus, egg drop lessons are a natural way to introduce the engineering design process (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve), as well as demonstrate several key scientific principles including Newton’s First Law (Inertia), motion, velocity, acceleration, and gravity. The open-ended nature of the challenge, to build a contraption that prevents a raw egg from breaking when dropped, encourages the use of experimentation, prediction, and analyses to solve a problem-the true nature of science! And, speaking of nature, it’s warm enough to take your class outside to test their contraptions. Spring is the perfect time to conduct an egg drop lesson with your students.
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