Today we did an egg lab! We had to create a safe capsule for a raw egg we are dropping off a three story building (Pauahi). There were various types of capsules; everything from cardboard boxes filled with towels to straws and sponges, to bread. Our egg did not break! This is because we planned out a capsule that would increase our impact time. Everything we around the egg was used for this purpose.
We bought a round loaf of bread as the center. I thought this would be a good idea, since bread has a soft center with holes for air cushion, and a hard crust to protect it when it hit the ground. We then cut a small hole in the center, and placed the egg in a small Ziplock and then put the Ziplock bag in the hole. We then put the piece of bread we cut off from the hole on top, and taped it over the hole. We then put the bread in a larger Ziplock bag, and stuffed paper towels around it to further increase impact time. We sealed off the bag with as much air inside as possible, to do the same thing. Then we taped a jacket around it to soften the landing.
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