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Egg Drop Eggstravaganza
The Egg Drop Eggstravaganza project is a test of a student's understanding of impulse and momentum to make a proper egg case that will protect an egg when dropped. The purpose of this project is to show that increased time applied to the force of impact will protect an object from breaking.
By Alex H.
Mrs. Peck's Egg Drop Website
My egg case was a small, open cardboard box with another smaller styrafoam box inside it. Inside the boxes were small shredded pieces of paper to support the egg. Then, in the center there was a half of a bottle with a holder.
What is Momentum?
Momentum refers to moving things. It is the product of the mass of an object and its velocity.
What is Impulse?
Impulse is defined as the product of the impact force multiplied by the time interval which the force acts.
My egg did not break because it was secured on top of my case. Even though my secured case actually did fall off the force of impact was decreased enough and the time of impact increased enough to not harm the egg. The egg cases will have approximately the same change in momentum (Please scroll to read more) because all the cases were weighed to meet approximately a half of a pound and will be thrown from the same height. They will all have approximately the same impulse because they will all take approximately the same time to reach the ground and hit the same surface. It is important to remember that impulse equals the change in momentum.
A video showing a very creative egg drop project.
Use in the Real World?
I could use what I learned from the egg drop in real world situations by applying it to cars. In cars, part of physics is used some where in the world every day. In the event of a collision with another car, air bags in a car will deploy therefore increasing the time of impact and saving lives.
Another real world situation involving cars is the use of the headrest and seatbelts. When a car is traveling with great momentum and suddenly comes to an abrupt stop a person's body will lash back and forth and both objects will (Please scroll to read more) decrease the chance of whiplash and serious or fatal injury.
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