This contest teaches the meaning of impact, impluse and momentum transfer. It has been used by many classrooms and is a fun project.
Students design their package before the contest.
Water bucket, and mop available for clean up. Stopwatch accurate to 0.1 second or better. Scale for weighing up to 500 grams and accurate to 5 grams. Maximum weight of 3.0 Newtons, including the raw egg. 10 points for meeting the volume criterion.