HHONGDU 2 Pcs Portable Egg Storage Box Egg Protector Tray Folding Eggs Holder Carrier for Outdoor Camping Picnic

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These STEM questions for reflection are perfect to use with older kiddos to talk about how the project went and what they might do differently next time around. Use these questions for reflection with your kids after they have completed the STEM challenge to encourage discussion of results and critical thinking. Energy Questions: Ask students to explain how energy is transferred when the egg is released until it impacts the ground. The importance of this question is to connect the material from this engineering design activity to the associated lesson on types of mechanical energy. Cover the material in the lesson either before or after the activity.

acceleration: The rate of change of velocity with respect to time. The measure of how fast the velocity of an object increases or decreases. Style. Ok, so you figured out how to 3D print a safe enclosure for your egg. But can you make the enclosure or the drop look good? You will receive extra points for a creative, original design. Divide the class into groups of two students each. Randomly divided groups better mimic how engineering problems require teamwork among people who may not know each other well nor get along. On the other hand, randomly divided groups may be more disruptive.

Paper Bridges– Similar to our strong spaghettti challenge. Design a paper bridge with folded paper. Which one will hold the most coins? We did love that clean-up was a snap with our eggs in the bag! The eggs and bags that didn’t make it went right to the trash, and the other materials were easily put away. Although we taped the bag with water in it, it still got things a bit wet! Strong Spaghetti– Get out the pasta and test our your spaghetti bridge designs. Which one will hold the most weight?

Materials Investigation: Have students investigate the properties of different materials. Ask them to design a container for the egg using various materials like paper, cardboard, plastic, and foam. Then, compare which material offers the best protection. Understanding how structures are used to protect products is an important part of the new GCSE courses in Design and Technology and Engineering. Structures are used to protect many products, ranging from eggs to supplies dropped from aircraft during emergencies. Which ideas worked best to improve the accuracy of the device in landing close to the target? Why did they work? The kids were super excited to take part in the egg drop project, and one student even suggested we do it again later in the year taking into account what we learned from the current egg drop challenge. I’m sure we’ll be doing it again soon! If you're planing a host of STEM themed activities to celebrate Engineers Week, you'll be pleased to know that this Egg Box challenge is part of a bundle of resources we've made in collaboration with Engineers Ireland. Here are just a few more we think you'll love:Penny Boat Challenge– Design a simple tin foil boat, and see how many pennies it can hold before it sinks. Your engineering challenge today is to apply what you know about the engineering design process and energy (potential, kinetic, conservation of energy) to attempt to solve this real-life problem by testing techniques for dropping precious supplies (hold up an egg), as represented by a fragile raw egg, accurately and safely from a designated height. Let's get started!