Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is a lab challenge introductory physics students completed at the end of a unit on one-dimensional motion and free fall. The goal was to have the egg hit a moving target (me!), moving at a constant speed. The students needed to calculate the amount of time the egg would take to fall to the height of the helmet, and estimate the amount of distance I would cover in that same time. Each group then placed a cup at that calculated distance away from a target right below their release point. As I walked past their measured cup, they would release the egg, so that I reached their target just as the egg reached my head height!
This is a lab challenge introductory physics students completed at the end of a unit on one-dimensional motion and free fall. The goal was to have the egg hit a moving target (me!), moving at a constant speed. The students needed to calculate the amount of time the egg would take to fall to the height of the helmet, and estimate the amount of distance I would cover in that same time. Each group then placed a cup at that calculated distance away from a target right below their release point. As I walked past their measured cup, they would release the egg, so that I reached their target just as the egg reached my head height!
