Students leave the courtyard at the end of Conceptual Physics, splattered with egg yolks, a reminder of their latest experiment: the annual egg drop.

During the second semester, freshmen are required to build a capsule that holds a raw egg in a plastic bag and will protect the egg inside of it from cracking. The capsule must weigh less than 200 grams without the egg and be no larger than a standard sheet of paper on every side and dimension. Parachutes or balloons are not allowed along with other specific requirements that are available online on Conceptual Physic teacher Dan Hounslow’s webpage.

“The experiment is a basic exercise in the scientific method if done correctly,” Hounslow said. “The students should feel that they have accomplished something that they built themselves after success.”

The most popular idea in the past was to suspend the egg in toilet paper rolls.

Freshman C.J. Koso had tested her project five times and it had survived each time.

“In a big milk jug, I’ve cut two holes on the top and bottom with pantyhose tied off on one side of the jug. The egg is in a baggie with cereal with the baggie suspended in the pantyhose,”

Hounslow’s of advice to the students is to “Keep testing and test a lot.”

“The egg drop was a very creative way to learn for Easter and it was a lot of fun but my project didn’t survive,” said freshman Max Gonzales.