STEM Challenge 2023-24

To celebrate the end of term we enjoyed a STEM activity for our last lesson. All Key Stage 3 students competed to create a safe container for a raw egg to be dropped from the upstairs walkway to the concrete below. They were allowed limited supplies with which to create their container. These included items like string, a bin bag and elastic bands. To encourage strategy points were awarded for items that were returned unused.

Points were also awarded for originality, team work, neat construction and how intact the egg was after the drop. We had designs with parachutes, straws to reduce impact force and large surface area to create drag and reduce drop speed. I hope you enjoy their designs as much as we did.

Interesting fact: On August 22, 1994, David Donoghue threw an egg out of a helicopter onto a golf course in the UK, from a height of 213 meters (700 feet). He now has the record for the longest egg drop without breaking in the world (all without an outside structure for added protection).