Students will create an egg drop device where they try to slow down an egg using only friction (air resistance).
Anything that the students can find at home. I try to encourage them not to go buy anything but to only use items that they find around their house.
This can be used as an introduction to friction or as a post lab to show what the kids have learned about friction. If using as a post assessment students should know what friction is and its affects on objects. You could also talk about gravity before this activity.
Time needed: 30 min the first day and 2 -- 50 min periods.
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Warning: Make sure that either you provide the eggs and collect all unbroken ones at the end or have the students give their eggs to you at the beginning of the day and then collect them again at the end. There have been instances where eggs were broken in lockers. If I do not get all the unbroken eggs the group loses points.
Scoring guide:
1. Student participates and contributes to the activity……………10
2. Student's egg does not break………………………………..5
3. Student correctly answers analysis questions………………….10
Lesson Design by Jordan School District Teachers and Staff.