Egg Drop Experiment
Question
How high can straws protect an egg?
Hypothesis
My hypothesis was the pyramid shape was going to protect the best because you can make things stick out.
Procedure
Put materials around the egg and have the same amount of materials for each build
2. The drop starts at four feet
3. Than drop the eggs
4. If the egg doesn’t crack it goes a foot higher every time it doesn’t crack and have the yolk come out.
5. If the egg lets the yolk come out it stops at that height I write and do it down again
6. I put the egg back in and start with the same encasement
7. Then i go threw the three encasements and when I’m done I put the average height.
8. Repeat this three time.
Problem
If the straws didn’t have thickness so it wouldn’t protect it. If I drop it and they are the same feet on each drop or if someone steps on the egg. If it doesn’t break and I go as high as I can.
Conclusion
I dropped the pyramid straws once and it failed from 5 feet or the first drop. Second time it broke at 5 ft and cracked at six feet. The crib looking straws protected it at 5 but didn’t at 6ft. The second time it broke 1st drop at 5ft. The third it broke at the six ft drop. The last one I dropped Cracked at 10 ft 1st one second time cracked at nine and then cracked at 10 again. My hypothesis was correct because the pyramid shape protected it the best. My experiment was accurate because i dropped everything starting at the same height. I could improve this project by using more straws.
Abstract
Saving Humpty Dumpty
I am dropping eggs from a certain height with a encasement around it. The straws can protect the egg really well because they can bend and keep the egg inside the structure. If the straws didn’t have thickness so it wouldn’t protect it. If I drop it and they are the same feet on each drop or if someone steps on the egg. My hypothesis was the pyramid shape was going to protect the best because you can make things stick out. I chose this topic because it was interesting to me.
First put materials around the egg and have the same amount of materials for each build. Then drop it at five feet. If the egg doesn’t crack it goes a foot higher every time it doesn’t crack. If the egg lets the yolk come out it stops at that height and you should write it down and do it again with a new egg in the same encasement. If there's any damages you should fix it. Then you go through the three encasements and when your done, put the average height on a piece of paper. Repeat each encasements three times.
They all protected it really well but one did really well. The average for first one I dropped is 5.3 feet. The average for the second one is 5.6 feet. The average was 9.6 feet for the last one. This one did the best and came in first.
Some things can protect better than others. My hypothesis was correct because The pyramid with three sides protected it the best because it got the highest. It was accurate because i did it three times and i dropped it at the same height. I could get more straws to build with. I could make closer to the shape that reached 10 ft and have straws sticking of the sides.