How do you make an egg drop with straws?

Instructions

1Make a triangle out of a straw and tape it together.
2Repeat this two more times.
3Tape all 3 triangles together around the egg to make a pyramid shape.
4Decide how else to cushion the egg – for example: using more straws.
5Spread the painter’s tarp on the floor.

How do you make an egg drop project with cardboard?

Line the egg with cardboard on each side, shaping the cardboard around the egg. Place layers of cardboard around the egg until the egg is completely encased with many layers. Test the contraption and add layers as needed until the egg can be safely dropped without breaking.

How do you make an egg drop device?

Use a large plastic jar of peanut butter as an egg drop device. Hollow out an opening in the center of the jar of peanut butter large enough for the egg. Slide the raw egg in the opening, and refill the jar with peanut butter. Screw the lid back on the jar.

How do you make an egg drop without breaking it?

Possibilities include balloons, popcorn, packing peanuts, wads of paper or cereal puffs. Encase the egg in any of these inside a paper or plastic bag, a sock or a stocking. If you have any bubble wrap around the house, wrapping the egg in several layers of bubble wrap should also provide a good cushion.

How do you make a successful egg drop with paper?

In brief, you make a funnel with the paper to hold the egg, and you use the paper straws you just made to cross through the paper funnel on top of the egg to prevent the egg jump outside the funnel during the free fall.

How do you keep an egg from cracking when dropped with paper?

Can you make an egg drop project with straws?

Successful Egg Drop Project Design with Straws Egg drop challenge science project is always fun for kids. You design a structure to hold the egg and to protect the egg from breaking when dropped from certain height. The project can be designed for different age groups with various difficulty levels.

How do you make an egg drop design?

Place more tape on top to secure. Cut another piece of eight-inch tape and place more straws down on the sticky side. Add more tape on top. These two pieces will become the base of your egg drop design. Tape the two eight-inch pieces of tape with straws together for the bottom cushion of your design.

How do you make an egg drop out of tape?

Unroll eight inches of tape and place the cut straws along the sticky part of the tape like before. Place more tape on top to secure. Cut another piece of eight-inch tape and place more straws down on the sticky side. Add more tape on top. These two pieces will become the base of your egg drop design.

How do you keep an egg from dropping during an egg drop?

Hold the straws in place with tape. Add padding between the straws and the egg. Another way to use straws is to design a framework that suspends the egg during the drop. The frame absorbs the shock, preventing the egg from coming in contact with the surface. A hard shell is not the only way to protect an egg during an egg drop.

Can you do an egg drop project with paper only?

After we did the Egg Drop Challenge using Straws and Paper, we came up an idea for an Egg Drop Project design using paper only. The design principles is very similar, but it is a fun idea to add a more stricter limit on the design to make it a hard STEM challenge.

What do you need for an egg drop protection device?

You will need: -3 or 4 Small drinking straws -1 Large egg (for testing purposes) Step 1: Safety First! Safety is always important when working on a project. That is why I’m adding this step. I recommend wrapping tape around the ends of each jumbo straw with tape to avoid cracking.

What do you need to make an egg drop?

We were given a limited list of materials: 1 Straws 2 Cardboard 3 Toothpicks 4 Tape 5 Hot glue 6 Hot glue gun 7 Yarn 8 Packing peanuts 9 Paper clips 10 Cotton balls