West Penn Elementary School fifth grade students competed in the
school's annual egg drop challenge. The students cheered each
egg that made the perilous journey safely, as teacher Michele
Bittner retrieved the eggs from their containers, while teacher
Tim Gombar then tossed from the roof a variety of contraptions
devised by the students to protect their passenger eggs from
damage on the ground below. After the egg drop, students will
discuss the results of their investigation with their small
groups and prepare a brief presentation to the class. To
incorporate this activity with the science topic of Variables, a
FOSS Module, followed the scientific method in the creation of
the egg holding apparatus. Students started with a question,
made predictions about how their apparatus would protect their
egg, and created a plan for creating their standard egg holding
system.