HELP Use this worksheet to design your device and record your data. You can then use this form to help you
write your lab report.
Height of egg drop:
Ideas for Prototype Design
Preliminary Sketches (attach separate paper if needed)
Option A:
Advantages: Disadvantages:

Option B:
Advantages: Disadvantages:

Student Guide (continued)

Option C:
Advantages: Disadvantages:

Which of the three designs will you move forward with? Explain your reasoning for selecting this design.
Building the Prototype
What modifications, if any, did you make to the basic design during the construction process?
Predictions
Will your device cushion the egg? How will your device do this?
Will your device increase the time it takes for the egg to impact the ground? How will your device do this?
Student Guide (continued)

Observations
Record your observations and the results of the experimental tests of your device below.
Evaluating Your Prototype
What worked well?
Which features can be improved upon?
Suggestions
How could the design of this device be improved?
Why would this change be an improvement? What force or momentum principle is this improvement
based on?
Student Guide (continued)

Sketch of Final Design
Draw a well-labeled sketch of the final design.