Naked Egg Drop

''Egg Drop redirects here. For other Egg Drop events, see Bungee Drop and Rotor Egg Drop.''

Naked Egg Drop is an event in which teams build a crate in which an egg is placed. The crate is dropped from a height between 3 and 12 meters, and is scored based on whether the egg survived, how close the crate landed to a target on the floor, and the mass of the device.

History
This event was held a few years back, but then it was rotated out. It can still be found at some state level tournaments. Texas held Egg Drop until 2008-2009 when it was rotated out, but some invitationals in Texas still used it as a event in 2009-2010.

Challenge
Competitors are provided with materials to build an assembly from. The judge would pick a height from which to drop crates from, both depending on the competition level and the judge's discretion.

Background Info
In classic engineering egg drop competitions, an egg gains potential energy the higher it is held above the landing surface. When the egg is released, this gravitational potential energy converts to kinetic energy, as gravity pulls the egg towards the Earth's surface. Once the egg hits the ground, all the kinetic energy (movement energy) needs to transfer somewhere. We know that energy must be transferred into different forms of energy because once the egg stops moving, it no longer has any kinetic energy.

More Info
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/ucd_eggdrop_activity1