Egg drop activity////Homemade Science with Bruce Yeany

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10 жыл бұрын

The classic egg dropping experiment is changed to a more interesting version of the egg catching experiment. The activity has been a staple of science classes fro years, but here is my version of it. Students are required to build a device that catch a raw falling egg and are test at three heights to prove the worthiness of their design.
Homemade science is a collection of classroom tested ideas, suggestions, projects, and experiments that I have used in teaching physical science for the Annville-Cleona school district in central Pennsylvania. I am currently in my 38th year of teaching. My intention is to share these ideas with other teachers or anyone who has an interest in science. I have found that designing and building my own equipment has taught me more than any course that I have ever taken. I hope that you consider trying this for yourself.. I also share and show some of these ideas at workshops, science conferences, or inservice presentations.
Videos are shot with a Casio EXH20. Slow motion video clips are either 3.5 or 7 times slower.

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@TubbsCustard 7 жыл бұрын

My teacher is having us do this too!! And it was hard finding egg drop videos without the egg packaged...so thank you!!

@YeanyScience 7 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your drop!

@jondabron5496 7 жыл бұрын

Bruce Yeany My teacher did this as well My friend and I were able to design one that could take 40 meters(top of school bleachers) You take a cardboard box and put a folded up blanket in the bottom and lay a pillow sheet over the top We ended up improving that design further by also laying a small blanket over the top but under the pillow case Make sure to make the blanket laying over top to be slightly concave and the pillow sheet to also be slightly concave but less than the blanket That way it has multiple layers of absorption That design never failed and put performed anyone else I've ever seen do it

@samuelbodley143 5 жыл бұрын

Jonathon Lee is there anyway you have pictures and can send it to me

@MaccaPaccaChacca 3 жыл бұрын

i have to do mine out of 50 business cards and clear tape only

@kille78 7 жыл бұрын

3:01 always easy to spot the kid that threw theirs together at the last possible minute lol

@h3ctic 6 жыл бұрын

@Bruce Yeany: Your channel should be mandatory viewing for any and all teachers! Thank you!

@YeanyScience 6 жыл бұрын

thanks h3ctic, a big part of my intentions was to share what I founding useful with other teachers

@Marie-pb2zy 7 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited to find your video! I am going to present it to my homeschool group so maybe we can do it too!

@YeanyScience 7 жыл бұрын

Great, if you look through my video list, you may find some other assignments that may work well also

@sfpt 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Love the idea. I did the classic version in middle school, and this version in high school, so I was lucky to experience both. I have to say, this version is much more fun, because the most popular way in middle school to protect the egg was to nest it in a jar of peanut butter and drop it from the roof of the school. You won't get away with that with this project!

@mohsinzaidi6801 7 жыл бұрын

you are amazing! thank you for sharing your best practices sir :)

@angelhelp 7 жыл бұрын

Oh the mental images of the Valkyries and eggs... egg polo, anyone? Great video as always!

@monsieurphysiquechimie 6 жыл бұрын

I'm becoming a science teacher and I LOVE your channel, thank you so much for making great videos

@DeweySmithTattoos2 2 жыл бұрын

Your material limit list is generous. I’d love to show u what my kids teacher just gave them lol.

@nathaniel5017 7 жыл бұрын

this is so cool thanks teach!!:D

@jsingh098 6 жыл бұрын

I wish I had teacher like him in my school.

@jugaadsingh4314 5 жыл бұрын

Ya same

@soeveth 6 жыл бұрын

Do you collect data from the drops? I'm interested how many groups make it from 2m to the 4m mark, then to 5m? Do you find that if they make it to the 4m drop they usually always make it to the 5th meter?

@drewwan263 5 жыл бұрын

Please make an updated video explaining the physics. My class is doing this too.

@JoshuaPaxton 7 жыл бұрын

Love your stuff!!!! Wish I had a teacher like you!

@YeanyScience 7 жыл бұрын

thanks Joshua

@AwesomeMillerChill 7 жыл бұрын

What was the last height we dropped from in the old high school

@joycoram 7 жыл бұрын

last year we did an egg drop like this where you have something catch the egg, and all the materials we got was 15 sheets of paper a meter of tape and a foot of string, no one in the class thought it was possible, but actually a lot of eggs survived

@YeanyScience 7 жыл бұрын

awesome

@officixlprez1754 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks man

@hobbssobky2223 6 жыл бұрын

Please try to improve the sound quality for your international viewer.

@mason88220 5 жыл бұрын

Bruce Yeany, what amount of time have you found that the students need to make and test this activity?

@YeanyScience 5 жыл бұрын

I usually gave my students about 3 weeks to test and complete

@djflippinmaster1441 6 жыл бұрын

-_- my class is doing this project, and we only have 10 sheets of copy paper and a meter of tape.

@DeweySmithTattoos2 2 жыл бұрын

And the unit has to actually hold the egg but be able to see 25% of the egg

@sanjanapratti7029 9 жыл бұрын

But can you explain the physics behind it?

@YeanyScience 9 жыл бұрын

Sanjana Pratti HI Sanjana, The success or failure of the egg project is explained by Newton's second law and the idea of impulse. In this case the force applied to the egg is to decelerate it. If you watch my video on impulse, it shows that you can throw an egg as hard as possible into a sheet and not break it. However, if an egg is dropped on the floor it will break every time. The idea is to build a device that does the same thing. A successful project will slow an egg down over a longer period of time so that the force is decreased enough that the egg's shell doesn't break.

@mathewgee3467 7 жыл бұрын

So basically in short, you want to create a contraption to decrease the amount of g forces applied to the egg upon landing.

@YeanyScience 7 жыл бұрын

yes, someday I'd like to know what the amount is

@mrdearellano2835 7 жыл бұрын

Correct, you want to lower the average force the egg experiences when it is "caught" by slowing down the "catch" of the egg. Try to catch a raw egg yourself and you will see what I mean.. you move your hands with the egg to slow it down, not stop it quickly. It is essentially an understanding of impulse.

@The_Program2404 4 жыл бұрын

The one at my school we were only aloud paper and tape

@YeanyScience 4 жыл бұрын

Good to hear you got to try it, I hope you were successful

@manestrong1227 3 жыл бұрын

جايك من طرف رمزي مكينه

@joelmclarty9782 8 жыл бұрын

grandma

@tutonias 8 жыл бұрын

uhmm Wagner!!! Jewish kids keep off... nice job anyway teacher

@YeanyScience 8 жыл бұрын

+Octavio Torres Hello Octavio, I have a pretty good understanding of physical science but I must be quite naive in the political correctness of music. This is the third song that I've chosen where it has been suggested that some people might find it objectionable. I'm just choosing music that I think works with the video, nothing more. thanks for the note!

@christiangeiselmann 7 жыл бұрын

Octavio Torres I did not know that Wagner was such a sensible topic when you are a jew (but of course, yes, as Wagner being honoured by leading nazis at the time, I can understand). The other thing to be aware of is that that piece of music (Ritt der Wallküre) was used both in nazi propaganda and in more modern war movies to acoustically illustrate acts of aggression, most popularly probably in "Apocalypse now", and so, for me personally, it even has become a signature melody of aggressive warfare and its (thoughtless?) glorification. - In contrast, I recently saw a video made by a guy who shows what he does with metal working, e.g. on his lathe, and instead of aggressive sounds he used music by J.S. Bach, and so the (essentially aggressive) lathing became a joyful, peaceful, barock festivity, almost a dance. Perhaps you could try something like this? Dropping eggs with Mozart?