Today was the day of the big Egg Drop. All of the kids in Grades 3-6 at Granddaughter Claire's school took part, either as individuals or as teams. As an "End of the School Year" activity, the children package a raw egg in some kind of a padded container (less then 8 inches in diameter). The egg in its container is then dropped by teachers off of the roof of the three story school. The children whose eggs survive intact then break the egg (to prove it wasn't hard-boiled) into the garbage can and receive a certificate.
Each class had their eggs tossed off the roof as a group, then after all of them were on the ground, the children scurried to find and unwrap their package. Of course, some of them were already dripping when they picked them up! The kids were pretty creative about what they used to cushion their eggs and also about using plastic bags as parachutes or balloons to float them gently down. There are three classes in each grade and three grades, so there were nine drops altogether.
Both Daughter MM and Son-in-law Scott were working today, so the two sets of grandparents went to the school to watch the competition. We weren't sure that egg drops were on our bucket lists of "must-do" things, but we did have a good time watching the kids. Unfortunately, Claire's egg was NOT one of the survivors...
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