Purpose
We are going to use our knowledge of momentum and impulse momentum to create an airbag system that will hopefully keep an egg safe from a two-story drop. The design should be one that could be upgraded to a larger scale to help keep scientific equipment safe when landing on other planets.
Equipment
- Egg
- Paper meassuring the height of the drop
- 3 boxes
- Newspaper
- Tape
- Video Camera
- Paper meassuring the height of the drop
- 3 boxes
- Newspaper
- Tape
- Video Camera
Procedure
Build dropbox (3 boxes, newspaper, tape). Place each box inside the other and stuff newspaper in between the boxes. Then drop the box from a known height off a two- story balcony. The time of the drop must be recorded. We must then take the observations that we recorded and determine if our design is effective or must be altered.
Data, Data Analysis, and Conclusion
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