bye bye my egg!

This is how we did in our “unbreakable egg drop” in class activity.
First of all, our mission was given by the professor---make a plan to protect our egg from cracking when we drop it onto the floor. It sounds as an impossible job for our brittle and poor egg. However, that was our goal! Since we were getting into the planning process together, our egg might be able to survive at the end!!
Before we got our actual materials, we knew that we were going to have 8 straws and some tape to finish our job. Everyone in our group had different ideas and ways to design the egg holder. We discussed and drew pictures in paper and tried to come up with the best solution. Finally, we had decision to choose one of those alternative methods. 25 minutes had gone very fast when we were discussed. However, the 10 minute for us to wrap pass much faster. Since there was only one scissors in the classroom, we need to wait other groups to use it. That wasted half of our 10 minutes to get the scissors. Unfortunately, our final egg holder looked a little different from what we drew in the picture in our planning process. Finally, as the shortest person in our group, I was chosen to do the important task----drop the egg!! I was begging for its “life” when I stood on the chair. But I saw it heat the side of trash can and died…
Even though we hadn’t learned the planning chapter before this activity, I find out that we had actually gone through all the steps when I checked back the list of planning process. Planning is a thinking process we always do in our daily lives. It is not only related to management but our everyday lives too. We are failed to protect our egg eventually, but I had a lot fun and enjoyed working with my teammates from the game.