Today was the school's annual Egg Drop Challenge. There were many entries, like parachutes, eggs in boxes, and even more commonly, eggs in ziploc bags.
One of my favorite types of entries were those designs with just one egg in a ziploc bag, with nothing to protect it. The firefighters tossed it down from around 60 feet, where it started freefall. Then, after zooming toward the ground for around a second, it hit the ground and the egg cracked with an ominous pop! It looked like many people wanted to make a big splash this year - there were a lot of that no-protection type of entry.
Another of my favorite entries was the humongous parachute. The creator obviously spent a long time - it was an around 6 foot by 6 foot square of plastic bag material, or that plastic that is really easy to bend and is used a lot in plastic bags. The lightweight contraption took around 15 seconds to drop, going really slowly. It almost landed in a basketball hoop because it was blown really far away by the wind - it even went past the spectators!
To sum up, this was one of the best, funniest, and most creative Egg Drops I've ever seen!
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