Fifth grade students at Homecroft Elementary recently participated in the school’s first-ever Egg Drop Challenge.  Working independently or collaboratively, 5^th graders were challenged to create a contraption that would allow an egg to withstand a drop from various heights.  Students used the scientific method to develop a hypothesis regarding what could create a successful egg drop.  Following guidelines set by their 5^th grade teachers, they moved forward with creation and experimentation phases.  Egg drop contraptions were tested by being dropped from three various heights:  top of the 5^th grade playground, top of a 8-foot ladder, and the top of a 15-foot ladder.