- Okay.
- 3,
- [Both] 2, 1!
(calming upbeat music)
- Hi everyone, and happy Easter!
I'm Dylan.
- And, I'm Leah.
And, welcome to the Frozen Friends Club.
- Leah and I were just talking about how every year
how these one to two Easter eggs that we color
end up breaking during our Easter egg hunt.
When the shell breaks, it ruins the cool designs we make.
- See if Elsa was here, she could just make
a nice soft pile of snow appear underneath it,
and it wouldn't break.
- Yeah. Well, Elsa isn't here,
and neither of us have ice powers.
- Yeah, so we had an idea.
We've been learning a lot
about the force of motion in our science classes.
When an egg falls, the egg falls because of gravity,
and it keeps falling until something,
aka: the ground, stops it.
The egg is moving really fast when it hits the ground,
and the force is big, so it causes the shell to break.
- We've also learned
that there are several ways to reduce that force
when the egg hits the ground.
You can either have something
help absorb the shock of the egg,
or you could have something to help slow the egg down,
so the force of impact isn't as great.
So today we're going to put what we know to the test,
and use our creativity to create devices
to see if we can keep our Easter eggs and breaking.
- Then, we're gonna actually test them out,
and see whose egg saving device works the best.
- It's going to be mine.
- We'll see about that.
Okay, are you ready?
- Yes, I'm so ready. Let's go! - Let's do it.
So our parents helped us gather some arts and crafts items
to use for our egg saving devices.
- So some of the supplies here are balloons, markers,
toilet paper rolls, popsicle sticks, straws.
- Oh, and don't forget the safety scissors.
Always use safety scissors,
and if you ever need help, ask a parent or guardian.
- And we're gonna be using hard boil eggs today,
so we don't make a big mess.
So you wanna get to it?
- Awesome, Okay.
3...
- [Both] 2, 1, go!
- Could you hand me the blue scissors?
- Yeah.
- Thank you. Do you want the silver stars?
- Not yet.
I'm gonna start by wrapping the egg in felt.
What about you?
- So what I've done here is I've cut out this,
so like I can put straws in it.
So what I'm gonna do is cut these in half,
and put these in the middle,
so they fit and the egg doesn't fall out.
- What are you gonna kind of do?
- I'm gonna do a parachute.
So parachute, I attach it to this.
The strings will support the parachute.
- Okay
- And when I drop it, it should slow it down.
So before I put my top straws in,
I'm gonna see if my hard boiled egg will fit.
Do you think this will cushion it?
- Oh, wow, yeah. - It won't move either.
- It definitely looks really sturdy in there.
- Thank you.
I'm gonna attach this, I'm gonna put strings in.
- Awesome.
- And attach it to the to this.
- Yours is looking really good so far.
- Thank you, yours too.
- Thanks!
I want it to cushion and support the egg.
I'm thinking of a triangle kind of shape.
So the main idea for mine is to just cushion the egg
as much as possible, just like snow can cushion a fall.
Like if Anna fell into the snow, then she would be okay,
maybe a little cold.
So the felt and the straws are gonna cushion it
just like the snow would.
- So this is the parachute I built.
Hopefully when I drop it,
the air will catch onto the fabric and slow it down,
just like a parachute would.
At least it is catching.
- That is good.
- Thank you.
- I'm just gonna finish using some string,
and then I'll be done.
We're done. - Nice.
- So mine, I put a lot of string to reinforce
and keep the two separate triangles together.
And you can see the egg is in here.
And the one that goes straight down the middle
is to help support and keep the egg inside and steady.
So I really hope that it'll help support the fall,
and the egg won't break.
- So what I have here
is a parachute attached to the straws,
so that the parachute is actually holding in place,
so the air actually can go under.
And here I have tape to help cushion it,
and then decorations.
And, then I have these landing pads.
So when it lands, it helps stabilize it,
just like a helicopter would.
All right, are you ready to test these out?
- I sure am. Let's go try it!
- Let's go!
- I'm so excited to test these out!
- I know!
Hopefully they don't break. - I know. (laughs)
- You go first.
- Okay, all right.
Let's see, coming up.
Okay. 3...
- [Both] 2, 1, go!
(egg saving device hits ground)
(Leah laughs)
(egg saving device hits ground)
- Okay, did it break?
Your turn.
- Okay, I'll go next.
- Okay, I can't wait to see.
- 3, 2, 1.
(egg saving device hits ground)
- [Both] Whoa.
- Hopefully that was not the egg.
- Okay. - But let's check it out.
You go first.
- Me?
- Yeah. - Okay.
I hope it didn't break - I know.
- Let's just do this.
I'm excited.
I'm going to set this down real quick.
Time to unravel the fabric.
It's safe!
It didn't break.
- Can I see?
- Yeah.
- Wow.
- The paint came off a little bit.
- Yeah.
- But no cracks.
Yes, it didn't break!
- I know, it cushioned it.
So when bounced around, the egg wouldn't absorb anything.
- It did.
Okay, let's see yours.
- Okay.
- Here, do you want me to hold the straws?
- Oh, thank you.
Yeah, thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Oh, he cracked on the bottom.
- Oh no, it shattered.
You might have needed a little more cushion.
- Yeah, I agree.
So if we dropped it higher,
the force of impact wouldn't be as great
'cause the parachute would have more time
to collect air and stuff.
- Yeah
- So now I know what to do next time
is to drop it higher and add more cushioning.
- Yeah.
- You did a really good job on yours.
- Thanks, yours too.
- At least I know how to keep my Easter eggs safe this year.
- But if they're all in our egg saving devices,
we won't be able to see the cool designs we put on them.
- But they'll be safe.
- We hope you learned something.
We sure did.
And remember, nature is yours to discover.
Until next time!
- [Both] Bye.