During the 2025–2026 school year, members of the Science National Honor Society (SNHS) teamed up to build contraptions that would keep an egg safe from a high fall. Working together to design and test their ideas, members brought their projects to the band tower to see whose egg would survive the drop..
25
Sep
2025
3:00 PM
Room 131 and Band Tower
From first sketches to the final tower test, see how teams built, adjusted, and put their ideas on the line.01 / 09
School year
2025-26
Category
Community
Photo record
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The story
More than an event — a chance to put science into practice.
An egg drop engineering challenge hosted by SNHS where members worked in teams to build protective contraptions and test them from the band tower.
Why we did it
To give members a chance to work together, use physics and engineering skills, and have fun building and testing their designs.
What participants did
Enjoy a collaborative engineering challenge led by CGHS Science National Honor Society members, where students work in teams to design, build, and test protective contraptions for a high-stakes egg drop from the band tower. Each design tackles physics and mechanics concepts to keep the egg safe—encouraging teamwork, innovation, problem-solving, and discovery in a fun, engaging way designed for members.
In the room
What the work looked like.
Each activity connected a visible, hands-on task to the scientific thinking behind it.
01
Engineering design
Constraint-based prototyping
Teams chose how to distribute a limited set of materials around the egg, balancing cushioning and structure.
02
Forces and impact
Tower drop testing
Each device moved through increasingly difficult drops, turning design choices into immediate evidence.
Highlights
What stood out.
01Teams designed under real constraints: limited time, limited materials, and one fragile payload.
02Every prototype was tested from the school band tower, with higher levels increasing the difficulty.
03Students applied force, impact, structure, and energy-transfer concepts to a visible outcome.
04The winning design protected its egg through the highest successful drop.
