EGGcellent Science

Special Activities:

• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Egg Drop Challenge* — Attempt to keep an egg intact when dropped from the second level
  of the Adventure Tower to the first floor.
  

   

  • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Egg engineering — Build your egg protection using materials available in the Tinkering Garage.
  • 12:30 p.m. & 2 p.m.: Egg Drops — See if your egg can survive the drop!
    *Limited number of eggs and materials available on a first come, first serve basis.

Guidelines for the drop:
– Design must not exceed one pound and cannot exceed one foot in length and width
– Only one egg drop attempt per participant

• 10 a.m. to 3p.m.: Robotics – Egg Hunt Challenge — High school students from Robot Programming Guild (RPG) use their FTC competition robot to find and collect eggs while demonstrating solutions for First Tech Challenges.
• 1:30 p.m.: Special Sci-Bite — “Egg Anatomy.” Learn about the ins and outs of eggs, the shells clever design and see what happens when walking on eggshells.
• EGGsperimental Discovery Cart: See some EGGsperiments in action. Limited availability, subject to change.
• EGGstracurricular Activities: Test out physics without the mess by using plastic eggs for some hands on activities, including a balancing egg walk test, exploring what happens when Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall, and more! Limited availability, subject to change.
• Eggs Aquatic Style: Think beyond chicken eggs by learning about shark eggs and other sea creatures from a marine biologist from the Aquarium Restaurant.
• Urban Chicken Advocates of Nashville (UCAN): Wish you could get eggs from your own backyard? Meet some urban chickens and learn more.