With straws, tape and popsicle sticks as far as the eye can see, the egg drop project is something the physics teachers have been doing for four years. Most of the classes have a 45 percent survival rate, but can vary from class to class. The egg drop projects were dropped on Nov. 20 and 30.

The egg drop project allows students to use their physics skills to make a structure so an XL raw egg can be dropped off a 20 foot railing and still keep the egg intact.

“[If I could change anything] I would put more padding on the inside,” physics student Mollie Stinger said. “I am scared that the egg will fall out of the case and hit the wall and break.”

Students worked on the project for a period of time ranging from 20 minutes to three days.

“I mean it is their project so it is up to them to come up with something,” physics teacher Anne Goshorn said. “For some of the students it may be the first time they ever thought about something in that way like saving something. But you know, that’s why we do it. It is a good experience for them to create something.”  

The egg drop project uses physics in many ways by finding out the forces on the egg and how to keep the impact from the egg.

“Gravity and impact and the acceleration of the model all factored into the project. I worked on it for two and a half to three hours,” Caden Banta, physics student, said. “ I think it will be successful so I think it will be a good project overall.”