Egg Drop at Tanacross Airport

By Annie Sanford and Shelby Clark

The fourth grade class and honors cohort journeyed to the Tanacross airport on Monday, October 13 for their egg drop. Monday morning, the classes ventured out to take turns riding in a bush plane to drop their egg.

Excitement and nervousness swirled around the fourth grade and honors cohort class. I acquired the chance to interview Hannah Ekada before it was her turn. I began by asking how she had protected her egg. She responded, "I wrapped it up in tissue and put it in stuffing and cotton balls. Then I put it in the box." When asked how she felt, Hannah replied, "Excited, scared, and a little bit nervous."

The snowy ground was lined with boxes of all different sizes, parachutes, bubble wrap, and tape. Each box was unique to each of it's creators. As the pilot of the bush plane went over the safety information to the class, reality set in to the class and more nervous feelings began to arise.

When the first child, went up in the plane, the eyes of his classmate filled with excitement and curiosity, when he dropped his egg contraption his classmates cheered and shouted words of encouragement to him.

After the plane landed he ran to his contraption and found his egg, had unfortunately cracked, but his water bottle had escaped the treacherous drop unharmed.