Friday, May 31, 2013

Egg Drop Challenge

In engineering class, we where tasked to build landing pods for our eggs. I must say i felt like an Engineer for NASA building a landing pod for Curiosity. Anyway The egg will be dropped from 20 feet and must survive. We where paired in twos and my partner was Chris.  

The following are the achievements that we are claiming:
We won quite a few achievements because we are awesome.

Brainstorming:
-Create a sketch of one possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of another possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of a third possible solution. Include labels.

















Material Prep:
-Generate a list of materials required for build day.
-Document a plan to ensure materials are brought in on block day.













Material Based Achievements:
-Your materials fit inside a printer paper box
-Your materials fit inside a shoe box

Material Weight:
-Your materials weigh less than 500 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 300 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 200 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 150 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 100 grams.















Drop Accuracy:
-You hit the butcher paper!
-You hit inside the third ring!
-You hit inside the second ring!

Drop Times:
-Your solution takes more than 4 seconds to hit the target!
-Your solution takes more than 5 seconds to hit the target!

Egg Resilience:
-Your egg didn't break in any way!
-Your egg didn't break in any way!
-Your egg didn't break in any way! 
-Your egg didn't break in any way!
-Your egg didn't break in any way! 

Other Achievements:
-Help set up the Bullseye.

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