Science Methods II Week 5 Blog Post

 1. The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did

        -     How can we design a safe and durable playground surface?

        -     This week in lab our goal was to gather materials that would create a safe landing for an egg. One of the first materials we started with was sand. We weren't sure how much of this to put in as we didn't want the surface to become too hard. Another idea we had was to add hay to the sand, along with a small piece of saran wrap that we thought might make the landing a little softer. When attempting to drop the egg for the first time, a problem them kept occurring was that the egg would bounce out of the bowl and onto the table, where it would then crack. Once we overcame this problem, we moved on to dropping the egg from a greater height. To add more support for this height, we decided to add in pieces of rubber. Once we dropped it, the egg survived this landing.