Virtual Ninth-Grade Integrated Science Egg Drop
The ninth-grade Integrated Science (IS) classes continued the annual Egg Drop Lab tradition this year, despite the challenges of being remote.
As with years past, students constructed a device at home to protect an egg from a fall of 10 meters off the gym roof. This year, there was a greater emphasis on using recyclable or reusable materials that students already had at home.
According to Carolyn W. ‘24, "The material guidelines were challenging. Since foam or padding wasn’t allowed, I had to think of more creative ways to absorb impact so that the egg did not break. I ended up taking inspiration from cardboard and created a layer of folded paper just in case the egg needed cushioning."
There was a huge variety in the designs students came up with and students brought their devices to campus using a safe, physically distant drop-off method the week prior and recorded videos instructing their teacher how to load the device with an egg.
Over two days, the IS teachers dropped the devices off the roof with students participating on Zoom. Students analyzed the videos to determine how work and energy played a role in the fall and protection (or not!) of their egg.
“I think my favorite part of this lab was watching all the devices drop,” said Milla C. ‘24. “I would sort of just mentally hypothesize about whether a device would work or not, which was pretty fun.”
Despite teaching remotely for most of the semester, Poly faculty are still finding ways for students to gain the same experiences they would get in person, especially for hands-on labs like this.
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As with years past, students constructed a device at home to protect an egg from a fall of 10 meters off the gym roof. This year, there was a greater emphasis on using recyclable or reusable materials that students already had at home.
According to Carolyn W. ‘24, "The material guidelines were challenging. Since foam or padding wasn’t allowed, I had to think of more creative ways to absorb impact so that the egg did not break. I ended up taking inspiration from cardboard and created a layer of folded paper just in case the egg needed cushioning."
There was a huge variety in the designs students came up with and students brought their devices to campus using a safe, physically distant drop-off method the week prior and recorded videos instructing their teacher how to load the device with an egg.
Over two days, the IS teachers dropped the devices off the roof with students participating on Zoom. Students analyzed the videos to determine how work and energy played a role in the fall and protection (or not!) of their egg.
“I think my favorite part of this lab was watching all the devices drop,” said Milla C. ‘24. “I would sort of just mentally hypothesize about whether a device would work or not, which was pretty fun.”
Despite teaching remotely for most of the semester, Poly faculty are still finding ways for students to gain the same experiences they would get in person, especially for hands-on labs like this.
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