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This spring the Elementary•Middle School Science classes participated in the EGG-streme Games. Students combine imagination with physical and mechanical knowledge to build a structure that will prevent a Grade A large egg from breaking when dropped from increasing heights.

This design challenge (which roughly takes place once every four years) kicks off the middle school science STEM unit on Structures and Construction Technology, and the Elementary STEM unit on Materials and Uses. It’s a great way to get the community thinking, excited, and buzzing about a science event. You can hear students walking down the hallways comparing each other’s projects, which ones survived, and which ones “cracked.” During the "drop" students come to cheer on their friends‘ structures, hoping they will make it. This year, after two days of “drops”, an amazing 25 student structures survived, with eggs in tact. The finals, a 25 foot drop, will be contested later this spring.