The fifth graders, who are learning about the earth, sun and moon this trimester, recently took a trip to the California Science Center.
They got up close and personal with the space shuttle Endeavour and explored exhibits like “Creative World,” examining the science behind the technology humans use to meet their needs for structures, transportation and communications. Our students also became designers and engineers in an egg drop challenge. These scientists-in-training worked within a budget to design, construct, and test their protective devices to save their precious cargo from injury from both a 6-meter and a 9-meter drop. Using their communication and collaboration skills, over half of the teams were successful, with their eggs surviving impact!
"Our team is getting ready to drop our egg 6 meters. We nervously waited to drop our egg, and when we did, our egg didn't crack!" Taylor
"I was scared that the parachute wouldn't deploy, but it did and landed perfectly." Bowen
"During the egg-drop, my team was hard at work. We were laughing, thinking, and obviously building. It definitely was fun...." Camille
"This tube spiral was kind of a communication tube. There were holes at the end of it and two people talk and listen to each other." Lauren, Camille, Jake
"The objective of this game is to drop an egg without it cracking...with relieved faces, we are being shown an uncracked egg." Jonathan
"[We] were in an exhibit acting as weather forecasters, talking to a camera and reading from a script." Henry
"We were looking at the Endeavor. It was exciting to see something that went into outerspace." Holt