Year 6 STEM Challenge – the great egg drop

During one of the Friday Enrichment Time sessions, Year 6 took part in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) challenge. They were tasked with the challenge of creating a suitable container using only 3 materials, to protect an egg when it was dropped from head height.

There were 12 teams involved.

The materials they could make their three choices from where:

• polystyrene nuggets,
• art straws,
• newspaper,
• bubble wrap,
• tissue paper,
• polystyrene wrap,
• ordinary paper.

From the drop, we manage to successfully save 11 out of the 12 eggs.

We definitely have some future engineers in our midst judging by their creations.