Six Webelos from Voyageurs Pack 3043 gathered at the College of St. Scholastica in the early twilight on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Their mission: to drop an egg 12 feet without breaking it.
Each boy worked for two weeks to engineer a device that would protect a raw egg in free-fall to the floor. They used common materials such as tooth picks, popsicle sticks, dried marshmallows, rubber bands, plastic bags, duct tape, paper towels, glue. Each device was different. Some designs relied on elaborate protective cages, some on parachutes, and others on egg cocoons.
Results were mixed. In the final tally: three eggs survived intact, two suffered minor cracks, one -- to the delight of all gathered -- simply went splat.
Consensus at the AAR (After Action Review): the devices that provided the egg with the most suspension had the best results.
