Egg-citing Design Challenges
Egg Carton Design Challenge
Egg Drop Container Challenge
| Challenge: Package a raw egg in recycled
material, drop it from 2 meters onto a hard surface and make sure the egg
doesn't break. |
Materials
 | 1 raw egg |
| recycled, reused materials that can be shaped by hand or manipulated
with tools that are listed below |
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Fastening Material (new)
| masking tape, packaging tape, clear tape, duct tape |
| staples |
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Tools
| scissors |
| pliers |
| side-cutters |
| stapler |
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Time
| 1 hour in class |
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Preparation
| You can try out different designs at home to test how good your
packaging is. Wrap your egg in a baggy so that if it does break, you can
still use the egg after straining out the eggshells. (You don't want to be
wasting good food :-) |
| The packaging should be such so that you can make it from "scratch" at
school. |
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During The Official Design Challenge Hour
| You may have 2 tries if you wish. |
| The egg must be removed from the packaging without breaking the egg.
In other words it can't be so taped up it can't be removed from the
packaging without breaking the egg. |
| If there is a tie (namely more than one student designs packaging that
protects the egg well), then the entries will be judged in one of these
categories:
 | lightest packaging (weight) |
| smallest volume (outside dimensions) |
| simplistic, elegant design |
| shortest package assembly time |
| aesthetic appeal - attractive use of junk material |
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© Elfi
Berndl 2006
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