Re: Egg drop contest

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From: Richard Bowman
Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 00:00

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Donald Simanek makes a good point about their being a lot more physics
to dropping eggs so that they do not break than can be explained with
elementary physics concepts.  On the other hand, I think this is true about
many, if not most, of the topics we discuss.  (Friction is one such obvious
topic.)

But I think the real question is can thhe concepts the students have learned
(are learning) able to at least give a basic understanding to the physical
situation?  Maybe the egg drop contest meets this criteria; maybe it doesn't.
What do others think?
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    Richard L. Bowman
    Dept. of Physics, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA  22812
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