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I am so glad that our group could successfully achieved "drop the egg" experiment and earned full 5 extra points. We first defined our ultimate goal is to find the best way to land the egg without breaking it and of course we knew that we only had 20 minutes to plan it. At first each member came up with their own ideas on how to do it. Then we analyzed the risk and chances of breaking the egg with each idea. Two team members actually came up with an idea which is to connect all the straws and tape the egg together, so we can safely land the egg into the floor without breaking/dropping it. The first thing came to our mind was, "is this ok to do? does professor allow us to do it? does the professor admit this is a good method and give us full credit? or he would say this is cheating." With all those questions in mind, we actually went up and asked professor Krupis, and confirmed that it is legit. So we cut the straws sideway, and connected them all together along with the egg. It came out very nicely and the actual length of the straws are far longer than 10 feet. We then tested the strength of the tape connectors by pulling the straws moderatly. We were so glad to see the bonding were very strong. Overall, we loved the experiment and our team members all contributed greatly.
posted by Zhen @ 7:24 PM
2 Comments:
I think your team did a great job at thinking outside the box and coming up with a very good and safe strategy of dropping the egg. Although some of the other people in the class where saying it was cheating by doing what you guys did, I think that they were just upset that they didn't think of something so clever themselves.
The whole class turned over when your team got that 5 points. haha. I still remember the class' reaction, but I think your group set a very good example on looking at this egg experiment in a different way. You guys came up with this great idea, and I think most importantly you guys took the step forward to ask professor Kurpis about the idea. For my group, we did have some concerns in the beginning but we didn't go up to the professor and asked him to clarify our questions. So by that, you guys did a good job. :)
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