Egg Drop- Iteration #1

Total Number of Achievements: 14

Idea Generation Achievements Brainstorming

-Our first sketch was of a cardboard box filled with foam, attached to a plastic bag (parachute)

-Our second sketch was of a tennis ball that we planned on putting the egg inside

-Our third solution was to attach a plastic bag to an easter egg basket filled with foam

- Being engineers, my partner, Christina, and I came to the conclusion that none of these were the right option for us. We very creatively decided to get a plastic bag and simply fill it with a bunch of crumpled paper. We put our egg in the middle and to everyone's surprise (but ours) it survived!

Material Size:

-Our materials fit inside a shoe box

Material Weight:

-Our materials weighed about 118 grams

Drop Accuracy:

-It hit the inside of the third ring

Egg Resilience:

-It didn't break!!!

-If I had to change anything, I might try coming up with a way to aim the bag for the target a little better. When we dropped it, we were more concerned with whether or not the egg would break and we didn't really think about aiming right.

Maybe we could have come up with a system to guide the bad to the center of the target.

-To make our solution lighter, I think replacing the printer paper we used with tissue paper would work. It would probably be just as effective and since tissue paper is lighter, it would still help the egg to survive the fall.