It was important to us to make a pretty container and have some fun with it. We looked through the recycling behind Hoben to find a small box and used printed duct tape to seal it and add some interest. We then put small balloons around the outside, I think we used about 20. Larger balloons would have been better but we didn't have any. We filled the box with bubble wrap and did a test drop without the egg. In Hicks we dropped it down two stories and it seemed to work well. Before the drop during class we didn't make sure that the egg was in the center of the box surrounded by the bubble wrap. The egg was right near the top and its weight made the top hit the ground first resulting in the egg breaking. The egg being in the center of the box would have made a huge difference. I would also like to try it with bigger balloons or a larger number of small balloons.
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