The egg drop is a staple of every Physics class, helping students learn about gravity, mass, acceleration, and velocity. The egg drop and the boat race are two of the big projects that Physics does where all of the students get to build something with their classmates and really have fun with it. 

When starting the egg drop, the students have an almost infinite amount of designs they can choose from. A lot of students create some sort of triangle shape to protect their egg. Many students attempt to create a parachute. Whether the egg survives or not is up to the craftsmanship of the device. While students build, they have to test their creation to make sure it will work.

The egg drop day is one of the most anticipated days because the students are learning and they are outside of the classroom. It helps them think outside of the box, figuratively and literally. 

According to Physics teacher Adam Wilk, “The designs that work the best are the ones that kind of suspend the egg in the middle of the device where there is room for the egg to move left to right when it hits the ground.”

The best part about egg drop is that anything can work if you try hard enough. Junior Anish Ashokkumar said, “One struggle we faced was the amount of material for our drop.” Another junior Zaina Elsousi said, “It was a challenge to create an effective and efficient device… We had to make three devices and I struggled to keep on upgrading it”

Even though some students’ eggs did not survive, the class still learned about key physics principles.