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Humpty Dumpty
Chelsey Clure
3rd Period
Science
VARIABLES
Manipulated Variable-Materials wrapped
around the egg (Bubble wrap, packing
peanuts, towels, and cotton balls)
Responding Variable-The damage caused to
the egg
Controlled Variable-The height the egg is
dropped from
Problem:
How does different materials
affect how bad the egg breaks
when dropped on linoleum from
3 feet 8 inches high?
Hypothesis:
As I drop an egg wrapped in bubble
wrap, packing peanuts, towels, then cotton
balls on linoleum then I think the egg
wrapped in bubble wrap will keep the egg
the safest because bubble wrap is
specifically made to protect fragile items.
Materials:
1 dozen eggs
Bubble Wrap
Packing Peanuts
Towels
Cotton Balls
Ruler
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Tape
Scissors
Surface: linoleum
Procedure:
1. Set up. (See Diagram)
2. Drop egg with bubble wrap from four feet high.
3. Observe then record what the egg looks like on the
data table.
4. Repeat with new egg for two more trials.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 with other materials.
6. Clean up mess.
7. Safety Tips: Be careful with hot glue the tip is
HOT
Observations for Humpty
Dumpty
Trial 1
Bubble
wrap
Packing
peanuts
Towels
Cotton
Balls
Trail 2
Trial 3
CONCLUSION:
In conclusion, the best material for the egg to be kept in , in order to keep it from
breaking was______. My hypothesis was “As I drop an egg wrapped in
bubble wrap , packing peanuts, towels, and cotton balls then I think the egg
wrapped in bubble wrap will keep the egg the safest because bubble wrap is
specifically made to protect fragile items.” My hypothesis was______.
Background Information
Bubble wrap was invented by two engineers, Marc
Chanvannes and Al Fielding.
Packing peanuts are made of polystyrene and
polymers. Polymers are long chained molecules
made of smaller individual units known as
monomers.
The first people to grow cotton was for clothing
sheets and towels. These people were the
Harappan people in India in about 2500 B.C.
How could this experiment
benefit to you?
This could benefit to you because if your
taking your eggs out of the fridge and you
accidentally drop the carton, what would be
best for the carton to be made of or for the
eggs to be packed in so that they are less
likely to break.