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The ZOOM vehicle meets the egg drop
- string
- eggs
- ten rubber bands
- uncooked spaghetti
- straws
- tape
- Check with a grown-up before you begin. And be sure to do this outside!
- Your challenge is to build a vehicle that will stop an egg from breaking when it slides down a string and smashes into a wall.
- You can only use 10 rubber bands and as much uncooked spaghetti as you want. A small part of your egg should always be showing.
- To test out your vehicle, attach it to a straw. Carefully thread the string through the straw. Attach the string at an angle between two walls with tape. Let the vehicle go.
- Did your vehicle keep the egg from cracking?
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David, age 11 of Gulfport, MS wrote:
It ran into the wall and the egg broke. When I tried it agian the same thing happened. What did I do wrong.
Tony, age 15 of Las Vegas, NV wrote:
When I tested my egg vehicle, the egg was balanced for a minute. Then the egg just fell and broke. How did you keep the egg balanced?
Terrance, age 7 of Tokyo, Japan wrote:
My egg cracked 5 times. I did it 6 times.
Jamie, age 12 of Ava, MO wrote:
It didn't work so I tried useing large brown eggs, it went 6 feet.
Elizabeth, age 12 of Miller, MO wrote:
When I tried the zoom egg vehicle, I uses spaggetti like you guys did and It dindn't really work. Mine broke. I experimented with it and guess what I found that works ten times better? Popcorn! It gives a great coushin to the egg!
Robert, age 13 of Midland, TX wrote:
When I tried the ZOOM Egg Vehicle it was amazing I did it with two egg's but now I am challenging you to do it with three egg's.
Rachel, age 10 of Phoneix, AZ wrote:
My Egg didn't break when it hit the wall. I put lots of peanut paking in front of the egg.
Ama, age 11 of Brookly wrote:
I used 3 straws, 3 spagetti and droped it down and didnt break.
Bronwen, age 12 of Moncton, NB wrote:
My ege passed the first test then when I through it down it landed so close to the ege that it only made a little crack in the side!
Cynthia, age 11 of Mpls, MN wrote:
When I did the egg vehicle I put little packets like you did but I put them all around the egg then vi put some in the middle like in the gap.
Francine, age 10 of Winnipeg, MB wrote:
I made an egg vehicle just like the ones you made and mine went a zooming 28 and a quarter feet!
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