Mr. Hatfield’s Egg Bombs

Submitted by jennifer.dunn on

It’s that time of year again when Mr. Hatfield, a science teacher, throws eggs off the school roof.       

Yes, the science elective teacher dropped eggs off the roof, but not any eggs, eggs in little parachutes or covered in bubble wrap. Some kids covered their eggs in bubble wrap, others used plastic bag parachutes, and some just put them in a ziplock to see them explode.Every year Mr. Hatfield has his class make different strange devices to protect their egg when it is dropped. Mr. Hatfield enjoys letting kids try new things, and says it helps students learn the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration. 

Mr. Hatfield said, “I started the egg drop 22 years ago,” and “I don’t know why I started it.”

If you would like to make some devices to protect an egg getting dropped off the roof of the school you might like Mr. Hatfield’s science electives, or hope you get Mr. Kindrick, an eighth and ninth grade science teacher, because they are the only teachers that do the egg drop according to Mr. Dahl, another science teacher.

Attributions
Stephen Gantt, SJHS Staff Writer