In honor of Humpty Dumpty, the first graders at Alex's school were tasked with designing a contraption to protect an egg if it were to be thrown off of a roof. Brad was home for a weekend prior to moving so he and Alex came up with a foolproof device consisting of a tissue box, some bags of air from a shipping box, and tape. They buried the egg deep inside the tissue box, surrounded it with bagged air, and taped over the hole. Alex even tested it over the driveway that night to make sure it was secure. Then it sat in our fridge for a week until the assignment was due. That morning the teachers climbed up on a low roof and threw the egg boxes, one by one, off to test their stability. At the end of the day I believe they opened up all the boxes to see which survived, then let the kids throw the baggie with the egg in it against a wall for fun. Alex's did survive the initial fall, way to go!
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