The Awesome Eighth Grade Egg Drop

20160926-075846.jpgFor the first few weeks of school the eighth graders McDowell Middle School did a science experiment. During the project they had a set of items they were allowed to use, and only allowed to use a certain amount of those items. The items were 50 straws, 20 popsicle sticks, 5 sheets of paper, 10 paper clips, 300 centimeters of string, 20 rubber bands, 50 centimeters of tape, 1 pair of scissors and 1 raw egg per group. So they came up with shells, wraps, parachutes, and on and on. They dropped their eggs from the top of the high school football stadiums bleachers. This is called an egg drop.

The science teacher Mrs. Ross, winners were Shelby Black, Elysia Campbell, Mikaela Fridley, Tara Trachsel, Emma Conley and Ceara Azbell. Some of these people are not here because of absences.  Two people from Mrs. McGuire, Jeremy Weitleman and Caiden Mack.

Here are some questions I asked Emma and Mrs. Ross about the project.

Q: Was this project fun or boring, what was fun or boring about it?

Mrs. Ross: She thought the project was fun because she likes to see the designs and fails “It’s really funny when there’s epic fails.”

Emma: “It was fun, because you got to work with and use mental thinking to make it work.”

Q: What made your project different than the others?

Emma: “We wrapped our egg in a whole bunch of straws.”

Q: Did you work as a group well, if not what made it hard? This question was different for Mrs. Ross, I asked her if she would have changed anything about the format of the project.

Mrs. Ross: “Nope, if it’s not broke don’t fix it.”

Emma: “We did work well together, it wouldn’t have worked if we didn’t.”

Q: If you did it again would you do anything differently?

Emma: “I would have used more tape and used it smarter to hold the structure in place.”

Q: As a bonus question I asked what condition was it in when you were done?

Emma: “The shape was pristine when we were done.”

I would like to give a huge thanks to the eighth graders that came to get their pictures and Emma for answering my questions. But the biggest thanks goes to Mrs. Ross who provided me with all the information I needed to complete this post about the Awesome Eighth Grade Egg Drop!

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