The key to a successful egg drop experiment? Drop it on its side. Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped horizontally vs. vertically, contradicting conventional wisdom.

A former NASA engineer designed a way to lift an egg into space and drop it back to Earth, recreating a popular childhood school project.

Step One: Make Blueprints If you plan to experiment with a landing capsule of your own design, (and you really should), sketch it out! First, determine the height from which you plan to drop your egg.

WESH 2 News has teamed up with the Orlando Science Center to bring you The Science of It.In this week's edition of The Science of It, we're doing the Egg Drop.It's a common STEM challenge, easily ...

This spring, my son was given the popular “egg drop” science assignment. Several weeks before it was due, he discussed elaborate ideas and hoped that his egg would remain intact for extra ...

After nearly 200 experiments, the team determined that dropping an egg horizontally is more likely to keep it intact than a vertical drop—completely contrary to folk wisdom.

Possibly the most common science experiment from our school days – the egg drop challenge – now has found a place in the scientific literature.

The egg drop experiment was conducted Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, at the Westside Middle School Academy in Danbury, Conn., as part of the 7th - grade students science project.

The “egg drop challenge” is a rite of passage in science classrooms. The goal is simple: drop an egg from a height and try to keep it from breaking. The challenge is more than just messy fun ...

May 18—STERLING — It was an egg-cellent day for science at Sterling's Lincoln Elementary School on Friday, when students were seen tossing eggs — all as part of a fun, hands-on experiment ...

Cheers and chants filled the street in front of C.C. Pinckney Elementary School April 13 as students lined up to participate in the Egg Drop Challenge.

The Arizona Science Center recently broke a Guinness world record for the largest object drop inertia experiment.