The egg will be dropped from the ceiling (a height of 2.5 m)onto a tile floor. I

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The egg will be dropped from the ceiling (a height of 2.5 m)onto a tile floor. I am ONLY allowed to use these materials to build thestructure: Driking straws, popsicle sticks, balsa wood, toothpicks,string, rubber bands, computer paper, glue, clear tape. THE PERSON WHOS STRUCTURE WAYS THE LEAST GETS THE BEST GRADE!I NEED A PROJECT THAT WOULD WEIGH THE LIGHTEST FROM USING THESEITEMS. HELP! The egg will be dropped from the ceiling (a height of 2.5 m)onto a tile floor. I am ONLY allowed to use these materials to build thestructure: Driking straws, popsicle sticks, balsa wood, toothpicks,string, rubber bands, computer paper, glue, clear tape. THE PERSON WHOS STRUCTURE WAYS THE LEAST GETS THE BEST GRADE!I NEED A PROJECT THAT WOULD WEIGH THE LIGHTEST FROM USING THESEITEMS. HELP!

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A couple different approaches. 1) Shred up some of the stuff to make a nest-like structure. It's just gotta be thick enough to brace the egg as it falls, likeits gotta be a pile ~ 4 inches high. 2) Cut the balsa wood into little tiny rectangles (like 0.5" x1"). Cut up that piece of computer paper, and make it a smallsquare (like 5"x5"). Using the balsa wood as a frame and thepaper as a net, make a little [] target for the egg to fallinto. Line the computer paper with tape to make it stronger,maybe even put another nest (like #1) underneath all of it. 3)I was going to suggest filling the straws with toothpicks andglue, and then using them as poles around which you could wraprubber bands, but you have nothing heavy enough to support thebands with. Honestly, a 2.5 m drop for a freaking egg is a long way tofall. My advice to you is to just make a giant pile of string(the softest thing youv'e got), maybe laced with some straws, andhope for the best. I don't think your teacher expectsanyone's project to be able to stop the egg, not with thosematerials..

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