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Aaron Maurer
Aaron Maurer

This document outlines an egg drop challenge where students work in teams to design and build a container to safely carry a raw egg from a roof. It provides the challenge details, design requirements, evaluation criteria, and timeline. Students will go through a problem-solving process of brainstorming, prototyping, building, and testing their designs. Their containers will be launched from a roof and graded based on a scoring system accounting for the container's weight and how long it takes to impact the ground without breaking the egg. Awards will be given for various categories like lightest or smallest successful design.

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Egg Drop Challenge: A Design Problem BCSD What are we doing? You have been Problem Solving Steps granted access to take part in a new 1. Mental inventory of materials challenge. This challenge is going 2. Sketch 10 brainstorms to require you to 3. Determine best idea work as a team to design and create 4. Make final drawing a contraption to help keep an egg 5. Construct according to design safe. There are rules to this chal- 6. Make trial drops and modifica- lenge and you will tions have to do some initial learning Problem Based Learning and Teamwork 7. Evaluate package and design before you begin to experiment 8. Final preparations and drop with your designs 9. Post Analysis and contraptions. You want me to do what? You are going to be working Bettendorf Middle School terials, design ideas, etc. in your teams to design a and the egg and contrap- However, in the end each container for one raw egg, tion will not break. student will be able to cre- that will be strong and flex- Students are going to be ate their very own contrap- ible enough so that during working in groups tion for the egg drop if they the product testing it can throughout the process in wish. be dropped from the roof of gathering knowledge, ma-
5th Grade ELP Page 2 Process 1. Assemble students into teams idea that your contraption is 2. Begin to research and sketch best. These commercials will prototype designs with labels be uploaded to my blog and explaining materials and why elementary and middle school you think it will work. Try to students will vote on their come up with at least 10 de- favorites. signs. 7. Egg Drop Launch Day 3. Submit prototype designs to 8. Post Egg Drop Analysis teachers. 4. Decide on what prototype you will be building and fill out Design Application 5. Once approved, then you may begin to build your contrap- tion. 6. Prior to dropping the egg you will have to create a 30 se- cond commercial selling your Egg Drop Design Requirements Packages must dents. You are not allowed Students are responsible to buy one from a store. for cleaning up any mess Free fall and hit the You are not allowed to use from the egg drop. ground (no bungee cords, landing platforms, etc.) any existing commercial stuffing/packing materials Be self explanatory¡ª suck as Styrofoam, pack- students are not allowed ing peanuts, air pillows, on the roof so Mr. Maurer etc. This is to be a NEW must know what to do design. A cardboard box is with contraption allowed for use. Easy to use¡ªshould be Egg must be able to be able to prepare and pack- easily removed from craft age in about 60 seconds to pass inspection before Weight at least 1 lb with and after egg, but no more than 3.5 the drop lbs i.e. no Package of design must wrapping meet this formula L + W + tape H <= 30 around entire Parachutes can be used, container. but only created by stu-
Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3 Evaluation of Egg Drop Design Project Final Egg Drop off the Roof Challenge Competition I will give all students 1 minute to load eggs. I will then take them to the roof and launch one at a time. The ones that have no damage to container or egg will be considered successful. In the event of a tie breaker, the person/team that has created the lightest con- traption will be declared winner. Scoring will be based on the following equation: Score = Mass + (10 * Time) where, Mass = mass of the egg container in grams (not including the egg) and Time = time in seconds from release of the device until its impact. Online Blog Voting Awards and other Awards 1. Lightest design surviving drop 2. Smallest design surviving drop 3. Most unusual design surviving drop 4. Online voting for favorite design
OCTOBER 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Explain Project and 1 Begin to brainstorm de- 2 Research signs 3 4 5 6 7 Seek approval of 8 Begin to assemble design 9 designs and choose and trial drops one design Commercial Work Commercial Work 10 11 12 13 14 Finalize Designs 15 No Class 16 and prepare project Film Commercials and load to blog 17 18 19 20 21Egg Drop Day 22 No Class 23 and Post Analysis Awards and Discus- sion 24 25 26 27 28 No Class 29 No Class 30 31

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  • 1. Egg Drop Challenge: A Design Problem BCSD What are we doing? You have been Problem Solving Steps granted access to take part in a new 1. Mental inventory of materials challenge. This challenge is going 2. Sketch 10 brainstorms to require you to 3. Determine best idea work as a team to design and create 4. Make final drawing a contraption to help keep an egg 5. Construct according to design safe. There are rules to this chal- 6. Make trial drops and modifica- lenge and you will tions have to do some initial learning Problem Based Learning and Teamwork 7. Evaluate package and design before you begin to experiment 8. Final preparations and drop with your designs 9. Post Analysis and contraptions. You want me to do what? You are going to be working Bettendorf Middle School terials, design ideas, etc. in your teams to design a and the egg and contrap- However, in the end each container for one raw egg, tion will not break. student will be able to cre- that will be strong and flex- Students are going to be ate their very own contrap- ible enough so that during working in groups tion for the egg drop if they the product testing it can throughout the process in wish. be dropped from the roof of gathering knowledge, ma-
  • 2. 5th Grade ELP Page 2 Process 1. Assemble students into teams idea that your contraption is 2. Begin to research and sketch best. These commercials will prototype designs with labels be uploaded to my blog and explaining materials and why elementary and middle school you think it will work. Try to students will vote on their come up with at least 10 de- favorites. signs. 7. Egg Drop Launch Day 3. Submit prototype designs to 8. Post Egg Drop Analysis teachers. 4. Decide on what prototype you will be building and fill out Design Application 5. Once approved, then you may begin to build your contrap- tion. 6. Prior to dropping the egg you will have to create a 30 se- cond commercial selling your Egg Drop Design Requirements Packages must dents. You are not allowed Students are responsible to buy one from a store. for cleaning up any mess Free fall and hit the You are not allowed to use from the egg drop. ground (no bungee cords, landing platforms, etc.) any existing commercial stuffing/packing materials Be self explanatory¡ª suck as Styrofoam, pack- students are not allowed ing peanuts, air pillows, on the roof so Mr. Maurer etc. This is to be a NEW must know what to do design. A cardboard box is with contraption allowed for use. Easy to use¡ªshould be Egg must be able to be able to prepare and pack- easily removed from craft age in about 60 seconds to pass inspection before Weight at least 1 lb with and after egg, but no more than 3.5 the drop lbs i.e. no Package of design must wrapping meet this formula L + W + tape H <= 30 around entire Parachutes can be used, container. but only created by stu-
  • 3. Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 3 Evaluation of Egg Drop Design Project Final Egg Drop off the Roof Challenge Competition I will give all students 1 minute to load eggs. I will then take them to the roof and launch one at a time. The ones that have no damage to container or egg will be considered successful. In the event of a tie breaker, the person/team that has created the lightest con- traption will be declared winner. Scoring will be based on the following equation: Score = Mass + (10 * Time) where, Mass = mass of the egg container in grams (not including the egg) and Time = time in seconds from release of the device until its impact. Online Blog Voting Awards and other Awards 1. Lightest design surviving drop 2. Smallest design surviving drop 3. Most unusual design surviving drop 4. Online voting for favorite design
  • 4. OCTOBER 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Explain Project and 1 Begin to brainstorm de- 2 Research signs 3 4 5 6 7 Seek approval of 8 Begin to assemble design 9 designs and choose and trial drops one design Commercial Work Commercial Work 10 11 12 13 14 Finalize Designs 15 No Class 16 and prepare project Film Commercials and load to blog 17 18 19 20 21Egg Drop Day 22 No Class 23 and Post Analysis Awards and Discus- sion 24 25 26 27 28 No Class 29 No Class 30 31