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Students learn about momentum, collisions, impulse, and stopping force as they address the engineering challenge, "How can a container be built to protect fragile cargo during a collision?" Teams start by building cubic, triangular, and cylindrical egg containers, dropping them from increasing heights while evaluating their effectiveness at protecting an egg from damage. Students apply what they have learned to achieve the highest drop in which the egg remains intact, competing in one of 4 design challenges: Single Drop, Three Sides Drop, Limited Mass Drop, or Limited Volume Drop. The activity concludes by entering all the reengineered egg protectors into a classroom competition.
Time Requirement
Total, 210 minutes. Teacher prep, 30 minutes. Background, prototyping, and the design challenge, 105 minutes. Assessment and presentation, 75 minutes.
Digital Resources
Includes 1-year access to digital resources that support 3-dimensional instruction for NGSS. Digital resources may include a teacher manual and student guide, pre-lab activities and setup videos, phenomenon videos, simulations, and post-lab analysis and assessments.
Performance Expectation(s)
HS-PS2-2
HS-PS2-3
Crosscutting Concepts
Structure and Function
Disciplinary Core Ideas
HS.PS2.A: Forces and Motion
Science and Engineering Practices
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Learning Objectives
Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills
Prior knowledge of momentum, collisions, and Newton's third law are useful.
Components | Qty | Included? |
---|---|---|
Cardboard Trays | 30 | Included |
Straws | 200 | Included |
Plastic Bags | 50 | Included |
Cotton Balls | 300 | Included |
Rubber Bands | 80 | Included |
Nylon Footie (egg sock) | 15 | Included |
Packing Peanuts | Included | |
Carolina Science Online® Resources (1-year subscription) | 1 | Included |
Teacher's Manual with Reproducible Student Guide | 1 | Included |
Eggs | 45 | Needed, Not Included |
Pencils | 15 | Needed, Not Included |
Scissors | 15 | Needed, Not Included |
Metric Rulers | 15 | Needed, Not Included |
Metersticks or Measuring Tapes | 4 | Needed, Not Included |
Balances | 2 | Needed, Not Included |
Tape | Needed, Not Included | |
Document Camera or Overhead Projector | Needed, Not Included | |
String (optional) | Needed, Not Included | |
Foam (optional) | Needed, Not Included | |
Hot Glue Gun (optional) | Needed, Not Included | |
White Glue (optional) | Needed, Not Included | |
Colored Markers (optional) | Needed, Not Included | |
Construction Paper (optional) | Needed, Not Included |
Engineer excitement with NEW kits for middle and high school physical science that:
Easily integrate exciting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities into any physical science curriculum with Carolina STEM Challenge® Physical Science Series kits. They engage and inspire students with fun real-world design challenges in an exciting tournament-style format.
Hands-on activities center on engineering concepts and practices from the Next Generation Science Standards. Design teams design, build, test, and modify their prototypes to provide an innovative solution to the class challenge. These activities strengthen students’ critical-thinking and creative problem-solving skills, while encouraging creativity, collaboration, and teamwork.
Designed with ease of use in mind, Carolina STEM Challenge® Physical Science Series kits have the materials and information needed for classroom success: