Kindergartners design non-breakable egg packaging

The Triton Elementary School kindergarten classes eagerly headed outside recently as they prepared to test the packages they had designed that would ensure that a raw egg could survive a drop from the roof of Triton Elementary to the ground below.
The students, with the help of their parents, took to the project with enthusiasm, bringing their packages to class on the appointed day.
When it was time for the egg drop, students from all four kindergarten classes went outside while teachers Katie Macrafic and Jessica Meeker headed to the roof with a large box containing all the packaged eggs. A number of parents and grandparents also arrived to watch the event.
Each class took its turn at having their eggs thrown from the roof with the teachers announcing the name on the package so the student could see their egg coming down.
All of the eggs looked well-packaged coming off the roof and on landing it was not readily apparent if the eggs inside had broken. And quite a number of the bags had plastic grocery bags attached with the intention that the bag would serve as a parachute to break the fall.
After each group of eggs was dropped the students collected their boxes and waited until all had been dropped. They then headed inside to the school cafeteria to open their creations and see the results.
As they were opened the boxes revealed a variety of packing materials including the ever-popular bubble wrap.
The teachers observed varying degrees of success with several classes reporting half or more of the eggs surviving. Admittedly it was hard to come up with exact numbers, teachers agreed, because there was speculation that a number of eggs were actually broken after the drop and the students opened the box