1) Empty soup can

2) Jello

3) Bubble wrap

Procedure:

1) Wrap egg in bubble rap

2) Mix jello according to package, pour into soup can

3) Duct tape the soup lid on

It works everytime. 🙂

First, I’d recommend hard boiling the egg. It doesn’t change how hard or how easy the egg breaks, it will still break the same as a regular egg, but it just keeps the area a lot cleaner in case the egg does happen to break. Then, make a special container for the egg, like an old soup can, or a small tupperware container. Next you will want to put something inside of it to keep the egg from hitting the sides or bouncing off the bottom, like jello, tissues, bubble wrap. Cover the bottom first, then set the egg inside, and cover the sides of the container. pack it good because if that egg bounces with the impact or hits the side, you will have a broken egg. Then when the sides are covered, put something over the top to keep it from hitting the lid.

You will also want to make something to lower the speed that the container goes towards the ground, like a parachute. Best of luck on your homework! Keep us up to date on what works for you 🙂

You can also try a box filled with bubble wrap or packing peanuts.

tie it to a very large helium balloon, one that is just barely weighted down by an egg…that way it will float slowly to the ground.

Might not be perfect but the egg shouldn’t smash, so long you don’t miss the bucket lol, might try it at home first for a test drop grins 🙂

At school we always built little containers that would protect an egg from smashing if you dropped it, is that what you’re talking about?

I always just wrapped the egg in a bunch of stuff and built little parachutes for it. xD

The idea is the egg’s acceleration is slowed by the compressibility of the cushions as opposed to the very sudden impact of the ground.

If you’re allowed to make a parachute that reduces the velocity of the descent (and thus the acceleration of the impact).

Good luck.