Hi,I was wondering how to insulate  or secure an egg when dropping it off of  a 4 story staircase.. for school
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Mythbusters did this using a paper cone weighted at the tip so it fell 'point down'.  \n\nOn impact the cone tip will crush dissipating the energy.  Foam (particularly shredded) or other padding around the egg will stop the egg breaking when the cone falls over after impact.\n\nRemember the point is to dissipate the energy not just stop the egg hitting something hard - simple but effective.
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Well, if it's frozen, then it's not very condusive.  I'd say (from personal experience) that a freshly dropped one has the best chance of conducting just about anything, thermal or nonthermal.  It's the worst during the summer when the pile appears to be dried out and you step on it only to realize that the top crust  is very thin.
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improvise. Instead of  a hen sitting on it, we use light to hatch the egg
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Hello Maggie,\n\nDon't worry: the egg drop project is a classic for science teachers, and, therefore, there are a lot of solutions out there on the web. Check out the following site, you'll find all the answers you need, and more: http://users.adelphia.net/~jberger5/eggdrop.html
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Put the egg in the middle of a 1 foot square styrene block. \nFit the egg with a parachute. \nput it in strong bottle filled with water before dropping it.
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I can tell you that the absolute best container for an egg drop is a cardboard box filled with popcorn or styrofoam peanuts.  Trust me on this one.  Just make sure the egg is in the center of the container.
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You don't say how far the egg will drop.\n\nI would make a cradle for the egg out of straws, about half a dozen taped together at the ends, the egg just held in the center by friction.\n\nThen I would construct a "cage" about one straw long on each of its sides (six sides for a cube) Use glue to attach straws together and only leave about an inch between straws. Leave one side open until you put the cradle with the egg inside, attached to the center of two sides of the cage. then finish the last side. Glue diagonal half-straws across each corner (three for each corner). That would be my best off the top of the head solution.  A second cage could be built around the first. You didn't mention any size restrictions. The bigger the structure is, compared to its weight, the more wind resistance it will have, and the slower it will fall.  The idea is to let the cage absorb the force of the impact but insulate the egg from it as much as you can.\n\nGood luck.
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I'll address this as a formal type of trial, kind of give you the extremes first, and you'll need to tone it down to the level that you're looking to do.  \n\nFirst, and I'd say most importantly, you need to do this to much more than one egg.  What your teachers will be looking for is a stistically signifigant amount.  If you do one, your answer is 100% one way or the other, which isn't too helpful.  \n\nSecond, I would do each egg in "regular" water first.  Since, when they were boiled, they were already exposed to that type of water, there isn't much chance of them being contaminated in any way.  I would then make a chart something like this\n\nEgg #   |  Floated in norm...  |  Floated in salt...  \n   \n     1                        no                       yes\n\netc.\n\nYou'll want to, in some way, be able to compare these, so that you can quantify your results.  For example  "85% of the eggs tested were more boyant in salt water than in normal water..."  \n\nWays to improve\nThe only big thing I can think of here, with out changing this to a general which liquid is most bouyant, is be consistant.  Check and make sure that the water levels are close, you don't want 6 inches of salt water and only 4 of normal.  Check the temperature of the water, if one is hotter it will help its bouyancy.  Make sure to use the same mixture of salt to water each time, if you use more than one container.  And consider using bottled water, probably not necessary at all, but tap water has a lot of other stuff in it.  \n\nMost importantly, write down everything you do.  Say you checked the water temp.  Tell them that the ratio of salt to water was the same every time (and what it was).  The more details you give them, the more through you show yourself to be.  Have fun, maybe you can make egg salad after you're done!
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In a magazine that i've read ...\nIt says that if you want to lose it w/out using a lot of money,\nuse the white of the egg. Just put it in a cotton then to the affected\narea. Leave it until it hardened. It says that it will come with the cotton.\n\nmy friend tried it and said it's effective! good luck...
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pack it in foam, put a parachute on it... and drop it from the BOTTOM of the 3 story building!!!
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Build a mini trebuchet!  Build a mini trebuchet!\nGive egg LOTS and LOTS of padding!
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If you're going to relocate the eggs, please do NOT rotate them or change their position. Unlike bird eggs, turtle eggs need to stay in one position throughout the incubation period. \nYou can try putting them in a container filled with sand, and add more sand to cover them. Then place the container in an undisturbed place where the amount of sunlight and direct sun exposure is approximately the same as they have now. All you can do afterwards is wait; make sure that the substrate doesn't get too dry (keep it under similar conditions as your yard has now). Incubation will last a few months, depending on the species and environmental conditions.\n\nI have to be honest: there are not many chances that these eggs will develop normally and/or hatch, but if they're going to pave the yard, that's about their best opportunity.\nOf course, if there is any wildlife rescue unit near your place, you should contact them. \n\nRemember: do not rotate the eggs or move them any more than it's strictly necessary. \nGood luck!
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Just to add to these ideas, rain rarely falls straight down (unless the air is incredibly still) so any spare raindrops making it through the hole in your chimney will probably land somewhere on the inner wall and be absorbed into the bricks.
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Just about any method will work as long as the final deceleration is minimized. Depending on the height of the building, wrapping it in three layers of two-inch thick egg-crate foam with an outer layer of one-inch thick ethylfoam should cushion the shock sufficiently.
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The shell covering an egg is porous !!.It allows Oxygen to enter into the egg and CO2 to move out of the egg!
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no styrofoam??? aww that ruins some of the fun! i love crafty projects tho. okay you can use bakeable clay. it comes in a variety of colors and can be molded into many shapes. i would suggest working from the inside out and making it into a circle with a pie shaped cutout in it so you can see inside. basically you would make the clay figure and then bake it. you can spray it with a glossy finish and tadaa! oh, and to hang it from the ceiling? i guess you would need to screw in a metal hook beforehand. good luck!!
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The simple answer is to have a mechanism for absorbing the impact of the fall. What to build depends on what materials you are restricted to.\n\nThere are several ways to go about it. Design a super-structure (the outside part) that crumples when hit. Suspending the egg is also a great idea (as was already suggested) If you can't or don't want to use a sock or stocking, using some kind of thick substance like gelatin would work well. Parachutes also work very nicely, I've seen some cool ones that worked like helicopters, spinning to slow down the descent. If you want a better answer I suggest posting whether you are restricted to certain materials.