The following photos were taken of the Conceptual Physics Egg Drop Challenge. The rules were that they could use up to 20 flexible drinking staws and 10 feet of (wide) masking tape. The first drop was from the bridge between the science building and the classroom building. The second drop; providing that the egg survived the first, was from the top of the stairwell on the north side of the science building.
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Most of the devices survived the drop from the bridge! Survivors of the two story drop onto asphalt include Jenn and Katy's egg survived unscathed as well as Tiffany and Marisa's egg which had a cracked shell, but the membrane didn't rupture.

Nice job, ladies, and Happy Easter!

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