Dropping Egg experiment ... how do i make a good crate?

You want the crate to absorb the kinetic energy of the egg. To do that you need the crate to collapse progressively when the egg strikes it so that the egg is decelerated evenly and smoothly. So build structures in the crate that will collapse onto one another.

This is the principle auto manufacturers use to make cars safe in a head-on crash. They build in crumple zones. You must do the same thing.

You need to find some way to absorb the force that has built up during the three story drop. (Please forgive my poor use of words, but I am a math teacher, not a physics teacher.) I have seen 'cages' built to hold the egg which are made out of soda straws (plastic), and the straws are woven (using yarn strung through the middle) to create a larger flexible cage that takes the brunt of the force while the egg 'cage' sits in the middle of the larger straw cage and doesn't feel the impact. Use an automobile as an example. It forms a cage around us drivers so that if a crash ever occurred, it would bear the brunt of the force and leave us fragile 'eggs' safe within the car's 'cage'.

What i used for this project was a Country Time Lemonade plastic container, filled the extra space with newspaper, then add paper towels where you will place the egg for support but also for slight cushioning. i got an A on the project for it!