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Bombs Away! Egg Drop Experiment
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Evans, Randall Choi, Dan |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students design and build devices to protect and accurately deliver dropped eggs. The devices and their contents represent care packages that must be safely delivered to people in a disaster area with no road access. Similar to engineering design teams, students design their devices using a number of requirements and constraints such as limited supplies and time. Students design and build devices to protect and accurately deliver dropped eggs. The devices and their contents represent care packages that must be safely delivered to people in a disaster area with no road access. Similar to engineering design teams, students design their devices using a number of requirements and constraints such as limited supplies and time. The activity emphasizes the change from potential energy to kinetic energy of the devices and their contents and the energy transfer that occurs on impact. Students enjoy this competitive challenge as they attain a deeper understanding of mechanical energy concepts. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Duke University |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Science and Technology Disaster Relief Kinetic Energy Airdrop Conservation of Energy Egg Drop Mass Requirement Velocity Potential Energy Supply Drop Acceleration Parachute Gravity Mechanical Energy Constraint Force |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT2H |
| Education Level | Class IV Class V Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Technical |
