Egg Drop Lab

 

My partner was Amber, it was so awesome. The physics involved: the mass of our capsule and the egg was 1.0956 kg, the velocity was estimated to be 10 m/s, the momentum and change in momentum was estimated to at 11 kg∗m/s. Why our capsule worked: basically our capsule had the biggest mass out of all the other capsules, because of the amount of cushion we used. We used layer after layer of towel and this weird white sticky stuff that people use so their dishes and stuff don't fall down. Plus we put the egg into a sock and then put that sock into another sock. So, we pretty much made up for the fact that our capsule's mass was so huge. All that cushion surrounding the egg kept the egg from cracking, because when the egg's force went downward it hit the many layers of towels and was cushioned and if the egg bounced upward then the other layers of towels cushioned the force. 

What happened during the drop, Amber was on the third floor of the building which is supposedly 10 meters high.... Because of how big the mass of our capsule was air resistance didn't affect it significantly. It pretty much was in free fall and when it reached the ground it made a very ominous, loud sound. The capsule didn't even bounce. But because the intense cushioning our egg was intact and our capsule was still clean.


I would have gotten a smaller box, if I had to do this again because cutting cardboard with broken scissors sucks. Like, I'll admit, I'm weak and if I didn't have Amber I would have been screwed, but those scissors sucked. If I had gotten a smaller box, then our capsule wouldn't have looked so sketch or resemble a bomb.... Though I wouldn't make it significantly smaller because the mass of our original wasn't heavily affected by air resistance.