Topic
What Material Will Best Protect a Falling Egg From Breaking?
Hypothesis
If I wrap and egg in bubble wrap, then the egg will will be best protected, because the bubble wrap will prevent the egg from touching the ground.
Variables
Independent Variable:
Type of protection on egg
Dependent Variable:
Damage to egg
Constants:
Same type/brand of egg; same height of being dropped; same temperature of egg;
Background Information:
My topic is Egg Protection. I will be dropping an egg and trying to find the correct material that will best protect an egg. At least one of these questions will be answered:
What material will best protect an egg when I drop it down our gazebo onto the ground?
How badly will an unprotected egg crack? (control egg)
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The purpose of this project is to find out what will best protect an egg from breaking when it falls.
I think that maybe once I find my conclusion, what will protect the egg best, the eggs you buy at the store could be packaged with whatever the concluded protector is.
The maximum height you can drop an unprotected egg from is about .68 cm. The maximum for a protected egg is 213 meters or apprx. 698.819 feet. This was accomplished by David Donoghue when he threw an egg out of a helicopter onto a golf course. This took place in the U.K., on August 22, 1994. I will not be doing such a feat, merely dropping an egg onto the ground. I will be using a few protective materials perhaps bubble wrap or felt.
Now that you know a little more about my topic, I will go back through all my ideas. I will use some sort of protective material to help prevent the egg from breaking. Once I find what will best protect the egg, I hope that stores will cover/wrap eggs in the protective surface. This will help prevent the eggs from breaking in the containers.
Materials:
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eggs 3 strips of Bubble wrap 3 7x17 inch Fleece strips 3 Sealable sandwich bags Camera/iPod Duct tape Procedure: 1. Drop 3 control eggs 7 ft. 2in, onto ¼ in plywood (one at a time). 2. Take a pictures of smashed eggs 3. Drop 3 bubble wrapped eggs 7 ft. 2in, onto ¼ in plywood (one at a time).. 4. Take pictures of bubble wrapped eggs on ground 5. Drop 3 fleece wrapped eggs 7 ft. 2in, onto ¼ in plywood (one at a time). 6. Take pictures of fleece wrapped eggs on ground 7. Drop 3 eggs in partially inflated plastic bag 7 ft. 2in, onto ¼ in plywood (one at a time). 8. Take pictures of eggs in plastic bag on ground 9. Compare results Conclusion: If I wrap an egg in bubble wrap, then the egg will be the best protected because the bubble wrap will prevent the egg from hitting the ground, therefore leaving the the egg (mostly) intact. This hypothesis was supported. The bubble wrapped egg barely had a crack on it (we even made cookies with them!). There might have been an error or two though. Although we wrapped the fleece eggs with the same amount of fleece, the fleece eggs didn’t have the same thickness of fleece all the way around the egg. That could have an impact on how badly the egg cracked, depending on where the egg lands. That didn’t have a very large impact on the egg though, the eggs were definitely too far for all the king’s horses and all the king’s men to put back together. The second error that may have occurred is when I used the inflated plastic bag, there might not have been the same amount of air in the bags. If I were to do this experiment again, I would use other materials to wrap the egg, or else use different types of eggs. I might even use hard-boiled eggs so there isn’t quite such a mess. Bibliography: Brain, Marshall. "Science on the Brain - How Can You Keep a Falling Egg from Breaking?" Science on the Brain - How Can You Keep a Falling Egg from Breaking? Marshall Brain, 2011. Web. 19 Oct. 2015. Herrick, Jack. "How to Drop an Egg Without It Breaking." WikiHow. Jack Herrick, n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2015. “The Great Egg Drop Project.” Egg Drop Project. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. DROP, CRACK, SPLAT!
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