In the Egg Drop Eggstravaganza lab, everybody in the class created a cushioned, protective egg case that they would drop off the bleachers with their egg inside. The objective of this lab was to explain impulse and momentum. Impulse is the amount of time a force is impacted. As the impulse increases the impact decreases. This lab supplied a enhanced understanding of these concepts.

My egg case sufficiently protected my egg, and it did not break. My egg case was made up of a small shoebox, with towels inside for padding, and pink packing popcorn on top of the egg. The towels lowered the force of impact, consequently escalating the time of impact. The popcorn provided extra padding in case the box had landed upside down. Every item in my box sufficiently increased the time of impact, and decreased the force.

The use of impulse and momentum can be incorporated in our life. Skydivers bend their knees and then roll when they hit the ground to extend the time of impact so that they do not break their legs or ankles. Also, a stuntman uses a mat as a cushion to extend the time of impact, a volleyball player uses protective pads on his or her knees incase of a nasty fall, and a BMX biker has shocks on his or her bike so absorb most of the force during the land of a jump. These are all examples of extending time to decrease the force.