Egg Drop Project Physics

The physics concepts that were illustrated in our egg drop project were momentum and energy. In the project, we saw how momentum increases as a normal egg without anything to slow it down would crack. That was because the longer that the egg fell, the more momentum the egg gains. We also saw that by adding resistance during the fall, such as a plastic bag “parachute”, would slow down the egg enough so that it would not crack when it reached impact with the ground. The other concept that was discussed was energy. We saw that before the egg is dropped, it has a potential energy. The potential energy is the amount of energy that can turn into physical kinetic energy, which can be expended when the egg falls to the ground. The energy can leave