Egg Drop Lab!
Today, everyone was really EGGcited to conduct our Egg Drop Lab! For my capsule, my partner and I had a small container (that we completely padded with bubble wrap and cotton balls to cushion it) placed inside a cardboard box. In the cardboard box, we had two foam like cushions, two toilet paper rolls, and one large paper roll on the bottom of the box. The paper rolls were used to take the impact because it crumples when it lands. We filled the rest of the box with crumpled newspaper, bubble wrap, yarn, and plastic bags and used them as a cushion to increase the time. In the equation Change in momentum = Force x Change in time, if you increase the time, it decreases the amount of force on the capsule.
The forces that were exerted on the capsule are weight force from the gravity. However, when it hits the ground, there is normal force as well.
Something that went wrong with our project was that it bounced after hitting the ground and landed on the top (bottom picture) instead of how it was supposed to (top picture). Bouncing increases the amount of force on the capsule. However, we were lucky and the bouncing didn't cause too much damage. Something that I would've done was add something that would crumple to take the impact and weights so the capsule would fall straight and hopefully not bounce.
I liked how you said eggcited :D! I also l like how you decried very clearly each layer of your protective decide. I also like how you included your equation! i also like how you showed how bouncing affected the project!
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