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Einstein elementary holds 4th Annual Egg Drop

Published 12:28 pm Friday, June 19, 2015

Members of the Kirkland Fire Department collect student-made contraptions at Redmond's Albert Einstein Elementary School to be dropped from there truck ladder.
Members of the Kirkland Fire Department collect student-made contraptions at Redmond's Albert Einstein Elementary School to be dropped from there truck ladder.

Albert Einstein Elementary School recently held its 4th Annual Egg Drop.

This contest challenged students to design and build an egg-cradling contraption that could withstand a 65-foot drop, with the egg intact.

With 173 entries from all grade levels, the submissions varied from a simple in an egg in a watermelon, to complex geometric shapes assembled with straws and wire. There were rules including a size limit and no parachutes, styrofoam or bubble wrap.

The contraptions were dropped, one by one from a Kirkland Fire Department ladder truck. This year there were 95 survivals and 78 splats.

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