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Physics Olympics| November 01 2000

Naked egg catch

Karen Bouffard

Karen Bouffard

Newton Rules–Educational Consultants, 29 Chebacco Terrace, Essex, Massachusetts 01929

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Karen Bouffard

Newton Rules–Educational Consultants, 29 Chebacco Terrace, Essex, Massachusetts 01929

Phys. Teach. 38, 493 (2000)

https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1329094

This is a do-ahead activity that challenges students to design a device that will catch an egg, dropped from increasing heights (beginning at least at 1 m), without breaking the egg.

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