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Your mission—if you choose to accept it—is to construct a parachute that will deliver an egg safely to the ground when dropped. No fancy materials allowed! You can only use familiar household items like plastic bags and string. Do you think you have what it takes to construct this gravity-defying wonder? Be careful: a sloppy parachute will result in a yolky mess!

Can a parachute made out of plastic bags and string save an egg from a two-story fall?

The largest parachute falls the slowest and should cause the least amount of damage to the egg.

When you drop the egg, the strings that are attached to the sandwich bag pull down and this open the bag to full size, which creates a large surface area and more wind resistance. More wind resistance slows down the descent of the egg.

You can explain the results of this experiment with the concept of resistance. Wind resistance, also called drag, is simply a force that acts on a solid object. Car designers often factor in wind resistance when designing a car to help it have greater fuel efficiency and accelerate to high speeds more easily. In this experiment, your goal was to create more wind resistance to slow the speed of the object. The largest parachute created more resistance and slowed the descent of the egg the most.

The experiment shows that the size of the parachute makes a difference in the speed of descent, but what if you tried different materials for the parachute? Repeat the experiment with a parachute made from construction paper, plastic grocery bags or other items you have around your house. Do you think the results will vary? Come up with a new hypothesis each time you try new materials and see if your guesses are correct. You’ll learn so much about wind resistance that even Humpty Dumpty may thank you.

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Parachute Egg Drop Experiment – Gravity and Air Resistance

July 19, 2019 By Emma Vanstone 9 Comments

This fun parachute egg drop experiment is a great demonstration of the forces acting on parachutes. If you drop something it falls to the ground. This is because it is pulled by the gravity of the Earth. You’ll notice that some things drop faster than others, this is because of air resistance . Try dropping a piece of paper and a lego brick. Which drops the fastest?

We are going to try dropping an egg on its own, dropping an egg attached to a parachute and an egg in a basket under a balloon.

Egg Drop Experiment

instructions for an egg drop parachute experiment

How to make an egg parachute

What you need to make a parachute.

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Drop an egg on its own, the egg in the basket and the egg in the parachute from somewhere high up. Make sure an adult is around to help with this part.

Egg in a container for a parachute and egg experiment for kids

Gravity and Air Resistance Explained

If you tried dropping paper and a lego brick or similar, the paper should have dropped to the floor more slowly than the brick, this is because the paper has a larger surface area, so has to push against more air as it drops, which means the air resistance is greater and it drops more slowly.

A egg dropped without anything to slow it down will fall fast and break, the parachute and balloon add air resistance slowing the fall, and stopping the egg from breaking.

We also found that the parachute fell much more slowly than the balloon. This is because the parachute has a larger surface area than the balloon and so slows the descent of the egg more.

If we dropped a hammer and a feather we would expect the hammer to fall fastest, however if we did this on the moon where there is no air resistance they would hit the ground at the same time!

How do Parachutes Work?

As we explained above two forces act on an object as it falls. Gravity pulls the object down and air resistance slows the fall.

Parachutes are used to slow the fall of an object by increasing air resistance which reduces the effect of gravity!

More parachute investigation Ideas

Record the time taken for all three to drop and see how much slower the parachute is.

Try our experiments you can make fly .

Try different sizes of parachute and see which drops more slowly.

Try our collection of easy ideas for learning about forces too.

In This IS Rocket Science we made parachutes with coffee filters which was great fun and you can experiment with different sizes and shapes.

Coffee Filter Parachute - children dropping a parachute made from a coffee filter

If you liked this science experiment you’ll LOVE my book This IS Rocket Science which has 70 space themed science experiments for kids!

This post was originally published in 2011 and updated July 2019

Last Updated on May 21, 2022 by Emma Vanstone

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September 11, 2011 at 8:49 am

Fab. Really well explained!

September 14, 2011 at 10:11 pm

Thank you. xx

October 28, 2013 at 12:44 am

cool video but it didn’t answer my question

September 11, 2011 at 3:03 pm

You always make science fun!

September 14, 2011 at 10:10 pm

Thank you, we do try!

September 11, 2011 at 7:59 pm

That is cool. Did the egg break when you did that? Nevermind I saw the answer when I reread it.

THanks for linking up this week!

Thank you for hosting such a great link up. x

September 14, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Love how you make science fun and bring it into the home… Did you know I did Physics A-Levels? Well, this will come in handy with my kids! 🙂

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This website is very good in my school all the year 5 used it to make a paacute for there topic ‘Wacky races’ thank you for making it

Protect Your 'Eggstronaut': Build an Egg-Drop Lander

A broken egg next to an egg sitting in a protective homemade container

Introduction

The egg-drop project is a classic and time-honored tradition in many science classes. The goal is usually to build a device that can protect an egg when dropped from a high location. This activity puts a twist on the classic project, motivated by real-world advances in space exploration. Can you build a reusable egg-drop lander that can survive repeated falls from the same height? Try this activity and find out

Instructions

What Happened?

You might have found this project surprisingly difficult! Even if the egg survives the first few drops, you might start to see wear and tear on your lander. Taped or glued joints could start to come apart, materials like straws or popsicle sticks might start to bend or snap, and cushioning materials like cotton balls might become compacted, decreasing their effectiveness over time. Many successful traditional egg drop devices might intentionally rely on this behavior. If you only need to drop your device once, you can design it so that some of the materials break, absorbing energy and protecting the egg. That approach doesn't work if you want to re-use the device dozens of times!

In addition to protecting the egg, a successful re-usable device will need to minimize and distribute impact forces when landing. This means slowing the lander down as much as possible to begin with (e.g. by using a parachute), and spreading the impact out over a large surface or multiple points (as opposed to a single leg or corner, which concentrates the force all in one place). Testing and observing your design allows you to identify weak spots that can be fixed in future designs. This process of repeatedly designing, building, and testing, called iteration , is used by real engineers!

Digging Deeper

An egg drop project is a great way to learn about several classical physics concepts. When you raise an egg off the ground, it gains gravitational potential energy. When you drop the egg, the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, the energy of motion. When the egg hits the ground, some of that energy is converted to other forms, like sound or heat, and some of it goes into breaking the egg! A protective device that can safely absorb some of this energy can help prevent the egg from breaking. The higher you start the egg, the more energy it will have — so you need to absorb more energy to keep it from breaking.

You can also think about this in terms of Newton's second law of motion. When the egg hits the ground, it rapidly decelerates (its speed changes). Objects that experience high accelerations or decelerations feel very high forces, which can cause them to break. If you can slow down the egg's crash landing by cushioning it (or adding a parachute, so it isn't going as fast to begin with), then you will reduce the force felt by the egg, and decrease its odds of breaking.

What does all this have to do with space exploration? For decades, NASA has designed vehicles that must protect their precious cargo—human astronauts (and robots!)—when landing on the Moon, Mars, or returning to Earth. Private companies like SpaceX are also entering the realm of space exploration, with a heavy emphasis on reusable vehicles, to help decrease the cost of space travel. So, instead of building a disposable egg-drop device and dropping it from increasing heights until it eventually breaks, in this project you built a reusable device that can survive dozens (or even hundreds) of falls from the same height.

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Egg Drop Project with Printable Recording Sheets

Our annual egg drop project is one of the most anticipated STEM and science activities of the year at school. Check out this year’s egg drop designs created by fourth grade students to get some inspiration for your own egg drop ideas and be sure to print out the free printable planning and recording sheets .

STEM Challenge for Kid: Egg Drop Project

Don’t forget to check out all the designs from previous years:

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What is the the Egg Drop Project?

Not sure what this popular STEM and STEAM activity is? In the egg drop project, children are challenged to create a contraption using various materials (usually recyclables) to protect a raw egg from a high fall. This physics activity is very common in college and high school classes, but we’ve adapted it for elementary and even preschool ages!

Egg Drop Project 2018

How we structured the egg drop challenge this year.

1. Students are first given the description of the challenge- to protect a raw egg from a high fall, and it’s their job to design some kind of container or contraption to protect that egg using materials brought in from home. There are many variations to the egg drop challenge. This year we decided to not allow cardboard boxes since they always seem to be the go-to material. We wanted to see what other ideas they could come up with instead.

2. They then form groups of 2-3 students (and are also given the option to work independently if they prefer).

3. In groups the students brainstorm ideas for their egg drop contraption and record their final design on the printable planning sheet .

recording their egg drop design on the printable planning sheet

4. They decide as a group who will bring in which materials and write them down as a reminder when they get home. (We also provide additional supplies in the classroom to supplement their materials like string , tape, scissors, various recyclables etc.)

5. The next day, the kids use their materials to build their contraption together.

We had a cat themed contraption made from a plastic bag parachute, straws, tape, paper cups, paper plate and string…

cat themed egg drop contraption for the egg drop challenge

… and others made from bubble wrap and a garbage bag parachute, a birthday cake themed design using lots of cotton balls, and even an eggplant!

6. Each child is then given a printable prediction sheet . As each group presents their design to the class, the other groups record each contraption on the chart and predict whether it will protect an egg or not.

predicting which egg drop contraptions will protect the raw egg from the high fall

7. After all groups have presented their egg drop contraptions to the class, each group is then given a raw egg to put inside their designs. (Many students love to decorate their eggs with Sharpies before placing them inside their designs.)

8. Kids head outside with their contraptions, eggs, and recording sheets on clipboards .

9. This year my husband climbed up on the school roof to drop each contraption.

the egg drop challenge or the egg drop project stem challenge for kids

Each contraption was dropped one at a time and then the egg checked to see if it survived the fall. (The eggplant and cotton ball design worked!)

Kids then recorded whether or not each contraption worked onto their recording sheets.

This STEM project really is an absolute hit with the kids! We often have other classes come out to watch because of the excitement. You can even do this project on a smaller scale with preschool or kindergarten students. No child is too young to design and create!

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Be sure to check out our steam kids book and ebook for even more creative stem and steam ideas.

Best Egg Drop Project Ideas

Take the egg drop challenge for an awesome STEM project for young kids and older ones too! Your imagination is the limit with this cleverly styled egg drop as you investigate what makes for the best shock absorber for dropping an egg. We have tons more STEM activities for you to try! Read on to find out how the egg drop challenge works and what are the best materials for an egg drop.

EGG DROP PROJECT IDEAS FOR KIDS

TAKE THE EGG DROP CHALLENGE

Egg drop challenges are super cool and are terrific STEM activities! I have been waiting to do a classic egg drop project for some time with my son but felt like he was too young.

The goal of the egg drop challenge is to drop your egg from a height without it breaking when it hits the ground.

Most egg drop projects use quite a bit of loose materials, design making, and tinkering that my son just isn’t ready for yet. I happened to see this plastic bag style of egg drop over at The Measured Mom which is perfect for a mess free challenge. I thought we could really expand on it by using materials found in our own kitchen to protect the eggs.

What else can you do with eggs? Watch the video!

WHAT MAKES A GOOD SCIENCE PROJECT?

First, what is STEM? STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math. It’s definitely the new word on the street because of our tech rich society and the lean towards the sciences and getting kids engaged early.

A good STEM project will have a little of at least 2 of the 4 pillars of STEM and often you will find a solid experiment or challenge naturally uses bits and pieces of most of the pillars. As you can see these 4 areas are very intertwined. LEARN MORE: What Is STEM?

STEM doesn’t have to be boring, expensive, or time-consuming. We love to try out neat STEM activities all the time, and you can use super simple supplies to make great STEM projects.

SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS

Want to turn this fun science activity into a science fair project? Then you will want to check out these helpful resources.

STEM QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION

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 .

WHAT ARE THE BEST MATERIALS FOR AN EGG DROP?

We have two versions of this egg drop challenge below, one for older kids and one for younger kids. Do you need real eggs? Usually, I would say yes, but given the circumstances, how about candy-filled plastic eggs ? If you don’t want to waste food for any reason, don’t! Find a workaround instead.

Grab the FREE Printable Egg Drop Worksheets Here!

EGG DROP IDEAS FOR OLDER KIDS

Older kiddos will love coming up with ideas to protect the egg in an egg drop. Some materials they may want to use…

Here’s a past year’s winner in the egg drop challenge! It even included a plastic bag parachute!

EGG DROP IDEAS FOR YOUNGER KIDS

You will need eggs and plastic zip lock bags to contain the mess! How many is up to you. We had 7 bags left, so we came up with six items from around the kitchen to fill the bags and protect the eggs and one with nothing.

I tried to pick items that weren’t too wasteful, and we had a few expired and unused items in the pantry. Some materials you could use to protect the egg…

Egg Drop Challenge Set Up Egg Zip Locks Bags Cereal Ice Water Paper Cups

HOW DOES THE EGG DROP CHALLENGE WORK?

Create your own egg drop designs to protect your egg from breaking when it is dropped from a height.

If using the zip lock bags, as above, fill all your bags with packaging materials while carefully fitting an egg into each bag. You can tape the bags shut if you want. We did use tape for the bag of water.

Once your bags are completed, your egg drop challenge is ready for you to test. Make sure to drop the eggs from the same height each time.

Make predictions before you drop each bag and ask the kids why they think that will happen.

Note: I wasn’t sure what my son was going to do with the cups, but it was up to him to decide. He thought of making a lid out of the big cup. That’s the best part of a STEM challenge!

Egg Drop Challenge Filled Zip Lock Bags Eggs Materials to protect eggs

OUR EGG DROP EXPERIMENT

The first egg drop challenge had to be the egg on its own in the zip-top bag. We had to make sure the bag wasn’t protecting the egg, right? Crash and splat went that egg drop. Since it’s already in a bag, might as well squish it around!

We continued with the egg drop challenge, testing each bag and then examining the contents. This egg drop project had some clear winners!

IDEAS THAT FAILED!

Obviously, the egg did not fair well with no protection. It also didn’t make it through an egg drop in water or ice. Note: We tried the water twice! Once with 8 cups and once with 4 cups.

EGG DROP IDEAS THAT WORKED!

However, the egg drop did make it through the crazy cup contraption. We were all impressed. It also made it through a drop in a bag of cereal. The egg, however, did not fare well in the paper towels. He didn’t think the towels were thick enough!

It would be a great egg drop project idea to explore: how to drop an egg without breaking it using paper!

Egg Drop Activity Egg Science Cup Cereal Paper Towels

We concluded the egg drop challenge, with a bag of flour mix. {This was very old gluten-free mix we will never use}. The flour was “soft” apparently making for great protection against the fall.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT AN EGG IN AN EGG DROP?

What we learnt is there is not one best way to protect an egg. There are multiple ways to successfully do the egg drop. What egg drop design ideas will you come up with?

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!

This style of egg drop is great for young kids as it is quick and pretty simple but lots of fun. I also love that it encourages a bit of problem-solving and experimenting without being overwhelming.

MORE FAVORITE STEM CHALLENGES

Straw Boats Challenge – Design a boat made from nothing but straws and tape, and see how many items it can hold before it sinks.

Strong Spaghetti – Get out the pasta and test our your spaghetti bridge designs. Which one will hold the most weight?

Paper Bridges – Similar to our strong spaghettti challenge. Design a paper bridge with folded paper. Which one will hold the most coins?

Paper Chain STEM Challenge – One of the simplest STEM challenges ever!

Spaghetti Marshmallow Tower – Build the tallest spaghetti tower that can hold the weight of a jumbo marshmallow.

Strong Paper – Experiment with folding paper in different ways to test its strength, and learn about what shapes make the strongest structures.

Marshmallow Toothpick Tower – Build the tallest tower using only marshmallows and toothpicks.

Penny Boat Challenge – Design a simple tin foil boat, and see how many pennies it can hold before it sinks.

Gumdrop B ridge – Build a bridge from gumdrops and toothpicks and see how much weight it can hold.

Cup Tower Challenge – Make the tallest tower you can with 100 paper cups.

Paper Clip Challenge – Grab a bunch of paper clips and make a chain. Are paper clips strong enough to hold weight?

HAVE YOU TRIED THE EGG DROP CHALLENGE?

Click on the image below or on the link for more awesome STEM projects!

Cheap and quick STEM activities when your time and budget is limited! Kids will love these STEM challenges for use in the home, classroom, or other group setting. Use our free 5 Day STEM Activities pack challenge and get started with cool STEM anytime.

you worry too much about what people will think do your experiments and be happy who cares if you wasted a couple eggs. it was good clean fun with your kids.

Did any of the bags burst open? I’m interesting in leading this for a library program and need to figure out where we should drop the bags.

There was no catastrophic bag opening. I would suggest making sure the air is out of the bag first. You could also drop it into a plastic bin. Also go with quality zip top bags if you are worried. Have fun with it!

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Try it: Egg drop parachute challenge

Jan. 4, 2021 10:00 am, Updated: Jan. 6, 2021 11:55 am

Parachutes help slow down a falling object to give it a soft landing. They are a great way to give a delicate object a safe ride from a high spot.

If you've ever dropped an egg, you know that it easily breaks when it falls, and it makes a big mess! In this activity, you'll learn how to harness the power of physics and air resistance to develop different parachute designs to discover a safe way to deliver an egg to the ground.

What you'll need:

Plastic or foam cups (7 or 9 ounce)

Facial tissues

Plastic garbage bag

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String (lightweight)

Masking tape

Measuring tape or yardstick

Stopwatch or timer

1. Prepare the egg cradle. Use a hole punch (or scissors with adult help) to make four holes in the top of a cup. Then take a few tissues and wad them up before putting them in the bottom of the cup.

2. Make a parachute to test out of a plastic garbage bag. Use scissors to cut a square out of the bag. Cut four equal lengths of string. Tie a piece of string to each corner of the garbage bag square, then attach the four loose ends of the strings to the cup.

3. Place an egg in the cup on top of the balled-up tissues. Then add a few more crumpled tissues and put masking tape across the top of each cup. Predict if the egg has a chance of surviving a fall from 10 to 12 feet.

4. Test your parachute by dropping it from a height (be careful) as you hold it from the top center of the parachute. (If any eggs break on the landing, make changes to the design to prevent any breaks the next time.)

After you've finished your experiment, challenge yourself to improve your design or try three different sized parachutes to see which one works the best! Time each parachute's flight and record the data. (We recommend trying sizes: 10' x 10,' 20' x 20,' and 30' x 30' but allow kids to experiment!)

When you're done, reflect:

Why do you think some parachutes fell faster than others?

What improvements would you make to your design with more time?

The natural force of gravity pulls objects toward Earth. When a parachute falls to Earth, or is pulled down by gravity, air resistance below the parachute pushes against it, slowing it down. When unfurled, the parachute has a lot of surface area. This means the larger the parachute, the slower it falls. Each parachute accelerates toward the ground until the amount of force from air resistance is equal to the pulling force of gravity.

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Egg Drop Experiment Solutions Without a Parachute

Successful Egg Drop Ideas

Dropping an egg from a ladder or roof without damaging it is a classic physics experiment in high school, and colleges often host more extreme competitions with complex rules. Designing a device for your egg drop is even more challenging if your project has restrictions, such as no parachutes. Even eliminating the parachute option leaves space for creative designs to protect your egg.

Parachute Alternatives

Parachutes are used in egg drop competitions because they slow down the speed of the egg as it falls to reduce the likelihood of breakage. If parachutes exclusively are forbidden in the design, one option is to consider other methods of slowing down the egg during the drop. One way is to create a simple basket or box for the egg and attach it to a set of glider wings made from fabric or lightweight paper stretched over a frame of Popsicle sticks or wire. Helium balloons are another option: secure the egg box to enough helium-filled balloons so that the egg gradually descends rather than falls to the ground. Before you choose a design that replicates the function of a parachute, make sure it will be accepted by your teacher or the competition judges.

Cushion Designs

Cushion designs are one of the simplest ways to protect an egg from breaking when it's dropped. Cushion designs surround the egg with a soft material so that the egg lands softly and safely once it's dropped. Large bubble wrap is an inexpensive option for cushioning your egg: either wrap the egg directly in bubble wrap and secure it with tape or create a large box for your egg and surround it with at least 3 inches of bubble wrap on all sides. Foam cushions or egg carton foam perform a similar function and can be used in the same way as bubble wrap.

Suspension Designs

Suspension designs are slightly more complex than simple cushion designs. In a suspension design, the egg is suspended in a container so that when it lands, it moves up and down or sideways safely without ever striking the ground or the side of the container. A pair of nylon stockings is an inexpensive option for suspending your egg. Slide the egg into a short portion of the stocking and keep it in place with rubber bands wrapped around each side. When the nylons are pulled tightly across the inside of a box or container, the egg will be safely suspended as the box falls.

Absorption Designs

Absorption designs are constructed so that the egg container absorbs the majority of the impact so that the egg is safe and typically combine elements of both cushion and suspension designs. One option for an absorption design is to construct a container from drinking straws. Straws are lightweight and flexible to absorb the force of the drop, but they have high axial strength to support the egg and hold their shape. Wrapping the egg in straws creates an initial cushion. The rest of the container can either be additional layers of straws wrapped around the first layer or a more complex geometrical cage around the egg that will allow the container to bounce when it lands.

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Egg Drop Project

Students creating a housing to protect their egg

This is the classic egg drop experiment. Students try to build a structure that will prevent a raw egg from breaking when dropped from a significant height. They should think about creating a design that would reduce the amount of energy transferred from potential to kinetic energy on the egg shell. Some ways to do this would be to decrease the final speed of the egg using air resistance, increasing the time of the collision using some sort of cushion, transferring the energy into something else, or whatever else they can think of!

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Physics Behind the Demo

The Egg hitting the ground is a collision between the Earth and the Egg. When collisions occur, two properties of the colliding bodies are changed and/or transferred: their Energy and Momentum . This change and transfer is mediated by one or many forces . If the force is too strong, it can cause the shell of the egg to crack and break.

Momentum Transfer and Impulse (no Calculus)

Starting with the definition of Force a and knowing that acceleration is just the change in velocity over the change in time

$$ \textbf{F}=ma=m\cdot{\frac{\Delta v}{\Delta t}} $$

If we move the $\Large \Delta t $ to the left side of the equation we can see how Force is related to momentum

$$ \textbf{F} \cdot{\Delta t}=m \cdot{\Delta v}$$

This means that the Force multiplied by the change in time, or duration of a collision, is equal to the mass multiplied by the change in velocity. Momentum (p) is defined as the mass multiplied by the velocity so the right side is the change in momentum. This change in momentum is the Impulse ( J )

$$ \textbf{J}= \textbf{F} \cdot{\Delta t}=\Delta \textbf{p}$$

a: In this case we are actually talking about the average force, but to keep things simple we will just call it the force.

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The Egg Parachute Project

June 7, 2019 by Carol Davis

Egg parachutes? Really? Well, let me just tell you how excited students were to see “Egg Drop” on our agenda board! In fact, we had Egg Week!

I had third graders designing Egg Cars. Fourth graders were working on Egg Towers.

Fifth graders were doing the ultimate Egg Parachute Drop from a 20-foot height. What a fabulous week we had!

It's the STEM Egg Parachute project- Students make a parachute that will safely land an egg. Problem-solving at its best!

This egg parachute project has so many steps!

It's the STEM Parachute project- Students make a parachute that will safely land an egg. Making that canopy is tricky.

We used a unique material for some of our canopies. I was given some very large coffee filters with a STEM kit (and training session). These have a 14 or 18-inch diameter. Students could choose the size they wanted.

Students also had the option of bringing in their own ideas for the canopy. Many brought in shopping bags. I also supplied them with garbage bags or tissue paper. We had many kinds of canopies.

TIP : Plastic bags or garbage bags make great canopies. However, students want to just use the handles of the bag attached to the item being parachuted to the ground. This does not work! The bags do not open enough to catch the amount of air needed to float to the ground.

Students really need to cut the bags open so they have one large piece of plastic. Then they can cut a circle from the plastic to make their parachute.

THE STRINGS

This is the next problem we encountered. How do you attach the strings? Where are they attached? How long should they be?

We set up some experiments for this one year! Each team was given the same size coffee filter. Each team had strings of different lengths. They built the parachute and we dropped them with a binder clip attached as the passenger. We watched carefully to see which length of string allowed the parachutes to fully open and float to the ground.

TIP : The strings cannot be too short. They also cannot be super long. The really long ones allow the passenger to reach the ground too soon! The parachutes will open, but land quickly with those really long strings.

For these Egg Parachutes, students attached strings and then tested them multiple times to find the right lengths.

TIP : We have discovered that a small piece of tape is the best way to attach strings. They can usually be removed easily. Making holes and tying knots is more difficult.

It's the Parachute project- Students make a parachute that will safely land an egg. The passenger carrier needs to be made of items that do not weigh too much.

THE EGG CARRIER

Students were allowed to bring in their own materials to use for the egg carrier. We had some interesting items. One team wanted to use a peanut butter jar. They had researched egg drops at home and found a video of students dropping eggs from a school rooftop. The egg was immersed in the peanut butter and did not break when the jar hit the ground. But, the peanut butter jar was too heavy for our parachutes!

Above, in the top photo, you see a team that was using a red cup in place of the peanut butter jar. They are trying to attach the jar lid to the red cup. This was also too heavy for the parachute.

In the bottom photo is a team that brought in bags of Lego. Their plan was to build the carrier out of the Lego. Did this work?

Sadly, no. They made a great carrier. However, it took much longer to build than they had expected. And, the worst part was testing the carrier with the parachute! When it hit the ground it broke apart into many, many pieces. What a great learning experience for this team!

It's the STEM Egg Parachute project- Students make a parachute that will safely land an egg. The passenger carrier must be large enough for the egg and also cushioned against breakage.

To the left is another carrier. The team made the frame from straws and added a piece of foam to the bottom, along with layers of tissue paper.

This was very lightweight and held the egg nicely.

It's the STEM Parachute project- Students make a parachute that will safely land an egg. The parachute is tested many times before adding the egg to the carrier.

READY TO TEST

This egg parachute project was a 2-week challenge. During the first week, we made the parachutes, tested them, and worked on the egg carriers. In the second week, we finished the carriers and tested them from a low drop using only the carriers.

It's the Parachute project- Students make a parachute that will safely land an egg. Did the egg survive?

Finally, after a lot of testing, it was time to try the BIG DROP! I climbed a 20-foot ladder and dropped each parachute with a real egg. We all held our breath as the eggs were checked to see if they survived. We did lose a few!

But here is an egg that made it!

TIP : Place eggs in a zippered bag when dropping them. No mess to clean up!

This a great little project for your upper elementary students. This is a multi-day challenge, but I also have a simple egg drop challenge. Click on any of the images to see the Egg Parachutes in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. The Simple Egg Drop is linked below for you!

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Activity Length

45 mins. (20 min. for drop), forces and motion, activity type, exploration.

In this exploration, students design, evaluate, test, and suggest improvements for a container that will protect their precious payload: an egg.

The Classic "Egg-Drop" experiment has been a standard in science instruction for many years. Essentially, students are asked to construct some type of container that will keep a raw egg from cracking when dropped from ever-increasing elevations.

There are three basic ways to increase the likelihood of safely dropping an egg:

The Challenge: On August 22, 1994, David Donoghue threw an egg out of a helicopter onto a golf course in the UK, from a height of 213 meters (700 feet). He now has the record for the longest egg drop without breaking in the world (all without an outside structure for added protection!).

Teacher Tip: You can relate the activity to the challenge NASA scientists had in building a lander for the Mars Exploration Rover. Physically, it had to withstand both the heat of entry into the Martian atmosphere and the impact of landing. Strategically, they also had to figure out a way that the rover could right itself no matter how it landed. Students love to see how the structure they've built often resembles the one conceived by NASA scientists.

Demonstrate curiosity and show inventiveness.

Brainstorm in a team to generate ideas.

Use problem-solving strategies in building simple structures.

Per Class: large plastic sheet/tarp/vinyl tablecloth ladder (optional)

Per Group of 2–3 students: 1 extra-large egg 1 bag of materials (may include cardboard cup, string, tape, balloons, straws, etc.) 2 sheets of scrap paper and 2 pencils

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Egg Drop Project Ideas That Really Work

By Kelly Ladd Sanchez

What is the egg drop project?

If you have young kids and haven’t heard of the egg drop project yet, you definitely will in the next few years. Kids ranging from elementary school through high school age are being assigned a science ( STEM ) project, where they will have to use their ingenuity to design a package out of everyday items that will keep an egg from breaking when dropped from ten feet in the air. (Of course, some teachers, especially for older kids, may have different requirements for the assignment.)

The idea of the of the egg drop project is to use as few materials as possible to make the packaging strong enough to withstand the fall. Some teachers may also place a time limit and weight limit on the project.

My parents live on the seventh floor of a condo. Over the summer, my son Kai spent a week with them. The egg drop challenge was one of the many projects he and his grandpa did together. They made their contraption using a grocery bag parachute and mini box filled with lots of cotton balls for padding. It didn’t crack! Kai dropped it over the railing so many times.

Here are some of the items and materials that can be used in the egg drop project:

Looking to get some help brainstorming ideas for the challenge? Look no further. Here are a few egg drop project ideas that really work, even from extreme heights. Check them out in the slideshow.

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Egg Drop Challenge Ideas That Work

Gentle touch down.

Using balloons for a soft touch down is a smart idea. This student even fills a balloon with glass craft gems , which help guide the contraption down to the ground. Pure genius! Get the project details . Photo credit: My Little Homestead

Peanut Butter Jar Success

The fourth grader who created this project had even more rules to her project. She wasn’t allowed to use parachutes, balloons, bubble wrap, or Styrofoam. So she lined the inside of an empty peanut butter jar with foam squares and placed the egg inside. She then suspended the jar in a box using rubber bands . Get the project details. Photo credit: Living Digitally

Preschool Egg Drop Ideas

Who says this experiment is only for school aged kids? Get your preschooler’s creativity revved up with some creative ideas. Our favorite experiment: Wrapping the egg in store-bought Floam and then placing it inside a shoebox filled with crinkled paper . This project is sure to get your little ones excited about science. Photo credit: Parent Savvy

Balloon Bomb

Using hallowed out floral foam and balloons, your egg is sure to be safe. The foam helps protect the eggs, while the balloons give the package some air resistance. Bombs away! Get the project details. Photo credit: The Caffeinated Homeschoolista

Creativity Counts

When it comes to protecting the egg, you’ve got to be creative. This family even used cloth diaper inserts. Use things you have around the house to cushion the fall! Make a parachute or balloon from a trash bag to help soften the blow. Check out the video to see how it really does work. Get the project details. Photo credit: Steamsational

Record Your Results

We love these ideas mostly because of how the family recorded all of the data. The kids recorded predictions as well as the results for each of their many experiments. They figured out that packing paper, multi-wrapped bubble wrap, and a cardboard box with packing material was the best egg protection. Score! Photo credit: Parent Teach Play

Epic Fails and Epic Wins

Looking for some creative ideas to help your child’s egg drop challenge to be a success? Check out these ideas—some worked (like placing an egg in a toilet paper roll with the tube taken out); some, unfortunately, did not (like placing an egg in a bag full of marshmallows ). You win some, you lose some. Get the project details. Photo credit: Homeschool Creations

#1 YouTube Video

With 27 million views, Mark Rober’s "Egg Drop Project" video is by far the most popular one on YouTube. It shows five different design ideas. Beware: Since this is the number one egg drop video, many other kids in your class may use similar designs. Get the project details. Photo credit: Mark Rober

Egg Drop Soup

Here’s an inventive idea that worked the first round but may need some extra protection if you plan on using a lot of force. Hollow out a sea sponge and place your egg inside. Then add extra cotton for more cushion and place it in a cute Chinese take-out container . Fingers crossed your egg doesn't turn into egg drop soup. Get the project details. Photo credit: Follow Greg

Try, Try, and Try Again

Sometimes in science, failing is just as important as accomplishments because it helps you understand the big question: WHY? Check out this idea as something not to do and most importantly find out why it didn’t work. Get the project details. Photo credit: Feels Like Home

Bombs Away!

There are always some failures before there are successes! That’s exactly what happened to these two projects, which used a parachute made from a coffee filter and a grocery bag. These kids had to make a few adjustments to their designs before they worked. Get the project details. Photo credit: Lemon Lime Adventures

No Break Egg

Cover a raw egg with tissue paper and bubble wrap . Then tape it together until it's secure. (Use colorful duct tape to give the project extra pizazz.) Get the project details. Photo credit: Kids Activities

Simple Egg Drop Success

Here’s an egg drop experiment video perfect for younger elementary school students. Simply stuff a box with packing peanuts , stick an egg in the middle, and let it drop. Easy peasy and totally doable. Get the project details. Photo credit: Planning Playtime

Science Is Fun

Here are some fun ideas (only one of which worked) that some older kids experimented with. Their winning idea: placing an egg inside of a hallowed out grapefruit. (We don’t recommend climbing on top of the roof, though.) Get the project details. Photo credit: BullsFan7777777

Survived a Twenty-Foot Drop

Here’s a design that withstood a twenty-foot drop. This ingenious plan has a space made specifically for the egg in a cardboard box stuffed with paper towels. Straws and rubber bands are wrapped around the box for added support. Creativity counts! Get the project details. Photo credit: MyGamingJourney_Skye

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Egg Drop Project
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The Egg Parachute Project
This egg parachute project has so many steps! Students must build the canopy of the parachute. The length of the strings relative to the size of the canopy is a concern. Attaching the strings is a big deal! Students must design a carrier to safely transport the egg to the ground. Then we drop the egg from a 20-foot ladder!
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