Objective:

• To design a container that will protect a Grade A Medium egg from a fall of about 13 meters (3 stories) onto a concrete surface of area approximately 3 m x 2.5 m.

Apparatus:

• Each team will construct one container before the day of the competition. Each team will be responsible for the secrecy of their design. We will provide the eggs and they will be raw.

Regulations:

• The container must be able to fit inside a box of dimensions 40 cm x 40 cm x 40 cm. Its mass must be less than 1 kg. The container may be constructed of any kind of material.

Procedure:

The container will be dropped from a hinged board, extending from a balcony over a concrete surface. The container does not have to survive the fall, but the egg must. A cracked or broken egg will disqualify the entry. The egg will be inspected by the judge within one minute of the drop. Only one drop will be made for each team's device.

Scoring:

Scoring will be based on the following equation:

• score = mass + 10 * time

where,

mass = mass of the egg container in grams (not including the egg) and

time = time in seconds from release of the device till its impact.

The device with the lowest score is the winner.