27 Best Egg Drop Challenge Ideas

Egg drop may be the most versatile activity there is. It can be done in kindergarten to teach about gravity, middle school to teach engineering, and high school physics. (We even zeroed in on professional development as a team building activity). These 27 egg drop ideas take the challenge beyond the basics.

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1. Egg Drop Challenge “How To”

Watch our how-to video for easy step-by-step instructions on the intricacies of the egg drop challenge! The video includes fun ideas to spice up the egg drop challenge and a few examples of how to make the best device to catch your egg.

Students stop throwing eggs during the egg challenge — Teach Engineering

2. The descent of the calamity egg

Have students imagine that they are trying to deliver eggs to people who have been hit by a disaster. They must use the contents of the care packages to pack and try to deliver their eggs. This zero drop focuses on the transition from potential to kinetic energy and how energy moves when it hits the ground.

Try it: Egg Drop Care Package

egg pulling challenge with cups and coffe liner parachutes — Mother of JDaniel4

3. Parachute egg drop

Are you looking for tried and true ideas on how to drop a parachute egg? Give students a variety of materials—straws, Popsicle sticks, paper, bags—and see who can make a parachute that helps the egg float instead of a splat.

Try: Egg Parachutes

egg drop in protective bags — The Heart is a Tricky Thing

4. Humpty Dumpty drop

First, decorate the egg like Humpty Dumpty (smiley face, overalls). Then, fill the baggies with different things like water beads, sand, pasta, and cotton balls. Enter Humpty and see which object protects him best.

Try: The Science of Humpty Dumpty

a girl holding a basket attached to a balloon to drop an egg — Science Sparks

5. Descent of a hot air balloon egg

Attach the “basket” to the balloon with a string and see if the balloon will float well enough to keep the egg from breaking. You can try this in different types of weather to see what happens to the balloon and the egg when there is wind or not.

Try it: The Gravity and Air Resistance Experiment

6. Crash cart egg race

In this version of the egg drop, build an egg cart, then send each egg down a ramp or path to see if the cart will protect the egg.

Egg packed-in-a-can-and-cereal — jillyco<3 via Pinterest

7. The decline of the grain egg

Another study of how power is obtained. Put the egg in the can, then surround the can with a soft grain, such as puffed rice.

Try: Cereal Egg Drop

8. The descent of the egg of the Dodecahedron

Create a dodecahedron out of straw, place an egg in the middle, and discard it. Will the straw structure adequately protect the egg from breaking? Bonus: Students learn about geometry and dodecahedrons.

Try: Grass Egg Dodecahedron Drop

materials for the styrofoam egg pulling challenge — Educational Ideas

9. Styrofoam cup egg drop

Use Styrofoam cups to make a stack around the egg. Place a heavy rock in the bottom of the first cup (the rock should be heavier than the egg). Then, place six more cups on top, place the egg in the seventh cup, and close the stack with the eighth. Tap the stack together and toss.

Try: The Styrofoam Egg Drop

10. Dropping the rubber band suspension egg

Position the egg using rubber bands and pantyhose for protection. Will the egg bounce and move or crack?

egg drop challenge concept using only paper — Game Mama

11. Paper sticks drop eggs

Sometimes having limited resources brings out the creativity of students. Give students nothing but an egg, paper, and scissors, and see what they can come up with.

Try: Paper Egg Drop

12. Pringles can fall

The Pringles can is the perfect size and shape to protect the egg. Use cushioning and pencils to hold the egg in place.

an egg covered in sponge and reinforced with straw and tape for the idea of an egg pull challenge — Green Kid Crafts

13. The fall of the sponge egg

Cut a hole in the middle of the sponge and put an egg in the hole. Then, use a straw and tape to secure the egg and see if the sponge will soften the blow.

Try: Sponge Drop Egg

an egg in a cup with a plastic bag parachute — There Is Only One Mother

14. Paper bag parachute

Looking for more ideas to incorporate parachutes into your egg drop challenge? Place the egg in a red Solo cup with cushioning (cracked paper, cotton). Then, attach a plastic bag to the cup and place it in a place where the air can catch the bag.

Try it: Plastic Bag Parachute Egg Drop

15. Toilet paper and egg duct tape to remove

Put the egg in a roll of toilet paper, pack with cotton balls, and cover with tape. You can use this trick to drop an egg, or roll it into an obstacle.

16. Oobleck’s scrambled egg challenge

For a multi-step method, create an Oobleck and then hatch the egg on the Oobleck. Then, put the egg in a cup that includes soft packing material (mini-marshmallows, cotton balls). Cover the top with plastic or tape and it’s ready to fall.

ships made of popsicle sticks for the egg challenge — Cool Science Dad

17. The descent of the ship’s egg

Provide students with a collection of items such as Popsicle sticks, straws, rubber bands, pipe cleaners, string, cotton balls, and sandwich bags. Then challenge them to build ships to protect their eggs.

Try: Send an Egg Drop

pond noodles protect the eggs — STEAM Powered Family

18. Egg noodle drop

What can you do with pool noodles? Cut the pool noodles into sections and use duct tape, rubber bands, and other materials to create soft, spongy eggs.

Try: Pool Noodle Egg

an egg held in place by a sponge with toilet paper rolls and rubber bands and tape — Science Strikes

19. The toilet paper roll egg drops

Use toilet paper rolls as supports to support and protect the egg, then use a sponge and rubber bands to hold it together. The big question with this egg drop is whether it will float to the bottom or crash.

Try it: Toilet Paper Egg Drop

20. The descent of the bag of water

What happens when you put eggs in a bag full of water? Have students guess whether the eggs will break based on how much water is in the bag.

Try: Water Bag Egg Drop

an egg in a box with a jar and rubber bands to get the idea of dropping the eggs — Living Digitally

21. Strengthening egg drop

Talk about what it means to solidify an object, and give students different ways to solidify eggs in boxes or containers (or jars in boxes).

Try it: Dropping a Strengthening Egg

an egg covered in float to get the idea of the egg falling — Momtastic

22. Egg covered with floam

Cover the floating egg and see if it provides enough deflection to break the fall. If you don’t have floam, you can also try kinetic sand, play dough, or anything that will cover the egg and absorb the impact.

Try: Egg Drops

a jar of peanut butter tied to a box with rubber bands — Momtastic

23. Peanut butter and egg drop

Put an egg in a jar of peanut butter, pack it with tissue, and seal it in a box. Then see if that protects the egg from breaking when it falls.

Try it: Peanut Butter Egg Drops

24. Bomb bomb egg drop drop

Surround the egg with balloons filled with beads to provide a soft place to sit.

a child holding an egg drop challenge, foam surrounded by balloons — The Caffeinated Homeschoolista

25. Another balloon bomb

Remove the floral foam disk and slide the egg inside. Then, add balloons to soften the landing.

Try it: Balloon Bomb Egg Drop

an egg suspended on a rubber band to get an idea of the egg falling challenge — Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

26. Bungee egg drop

This function is not zero-down, per second. Students use rubber bands to create a bungee jump for an egg and predict how many rubber bands they will need to get the egg down a certain height (perhaps 6 feet). For readers who are familiar with egg drop, this is a fun spin on the idea.

Try: Egg Bungee

27. Egg fall in the yard

Looking for ideas to make an egg drop project more challenging? Ask students to find materials from nature—sticks, leaves, a discarded bird’s nest—to build their egg-catching structures.

Try: Nature Egg Drop

Get my printable egg drop challenge worksheet!

Click the button below for our free printable worksheet, which you can use to accompany the egg drop challenge in your classroom. The worksheet includes space for brainstorming egg drop designs, and a section for writing results.

Also, check out STEM activities to help kids think outside the box.

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