As time was quickly running out, we were able to polish two of the best ideas up and bring them up for a vote.
When the egg was handed out, we all jumped right in, wasting no time. I was the official Egg protector. I protected Pebbles like he was my own......egg. As we were working, towards the end we encountered a problem. The original plan started to fall apart and we started to loose confidence.
So, at the last minute, literally, we switched to the other plan, the one that died in the voting process. With panic running through everyone, we tried out damn best to come up with something.
Even though we were disqualified for covering more than 50% of the egg, Prof. K was nice enough to let us test Pebbles fate. As the tallest person from our group, which Prof. K pointed out, went up on the desk to drop Pebbles, we all closed our eyes and said a prayer.. okay maybe that didn't happen, but we still were nervous. Unfortunately Pebbles cracked and he died. Even though the egg broke, I still think if that plan was our original plan, we could of won. Anyway RIP Pebbles.
Our group also had a problem to fallow the original plan. If we would do that, we would have bigger chances of obtaining the objective which was the protection of egg while dropped from the height.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I loved the fact that everyone was devoted to the project and that overall we had a good time even though no group succeeded. I am sure that if we would have second change, things would go much better.
I thinking it was shocking for the whole class, as you chose the tallest person, nonetheless, although we went with the shortest, our mission was a failure as well. Unfortunately for our team, our PHD'S in "egg studies" were opposite of maintenance and more in "crack and fry". It was a great experiment though... may they all rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteMy group also had that last minute scramble to tape as many straws to our egg as we could, and it wasn't pretty, although we didn't change our whole plan. I think if we had a chance to do this over again, there would have been a better outcome for all the groups' eggs.
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ReplyDeleteI think you guys were on right track. We all follow almost similar manner during our creation. There is big factor that we didn't think about: it was the time. If we have more time, we could be successful.
ReplyDeletePebbles will always remain in our hearts. . . I think you're right. If we had stuck to one solid plan, we would have maintained confidence and succeeded in the building of the contraption. The positive thing, though, is that we did go far.
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