One of the traditions at our school is the annual first grade egg drop. The first graders study the life cycle of chickens and hatch live chicks in their classrooms each spring. They also do a family project where the object is to design a protective case for an egg that will help it to withstand being hurled down from the school roof by our principal. We tested a few designs at home that were not successful, but the one that eventually worked at home worked at school also. It was a lot of fun for everyone and we were very relieved to find that our egg survived the drop!
3 comments:
Cool, that sounds like a lot of fun. Eli probably wouldn't wait for a protective case to be made, hurling it off the roof would seem like much more fun.
I made one once that survived a twenty foot drop (part of a graduate level physics class, not first grade). Sounds like fun!!!
I find it hilarious that the kids hurl the eggs off the roof AFTER they have been fully educated that baby chicks hatch from eggs...!!
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