Ashton Van Deventer’s “Challenger 2” survived every drop. (Photo by Ashton Van Deventer)

The task at hand: create a vessel that will protect an egg through three drops from the top of Hunter Stadium (about 30 feet). Sounds easy? Here’s where it gets tricky, students are only allowed to use toothpicks, rubber bands, toilet paper tubes and hot glue.

Cambre’s boat-shaped vessel, which survived two out of three drops. (Photo courtesy Mason Cambre)

Cambre hiked to the top of the bleachers, hopeful of his hard work, then he dropped his contraption. Laughter exploded from 30 feet below as the impact of the rocks literally created an explosion of arts and crafts materials. While the structure was demolished, the egg was nothing short of perfectly intact.

On the other hand, National Merit finalist Matthew Borgatti walked into class with a parachuted vessel that looked as if it was right out of Da Vinci’s sketchbook. He dropped it, and what would you know, the egg cracked. Matthew then redeemed himself by surviving the next two drops. Everyone was shocked when the soon-to-be Valedictorian’s egg cracked the first time, and it certainly did not settle the nerves of other students following him.

Luc Hebert’s “Daisy Cutter” survived all three drops. (Photo by Luc Hebert)

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