This project is now over.

In the past we have conducted this project with hardboiled eggs -- but due to the waste of food and also the mess involved............ we will be using 2" PLASTIC EGGS!!

MATERIALS:

	1 plastic egg per roller to roll. (If you wish to participate in the Fashion Show, you will need 2 eggs per roller!)
	3 tablespoons of uncooked white rice to place in each egg to give weight to the egg to allow rolling. You might wish to fill the eggs and glue them the night before rolling.
	At least 30 feet of marked length (such as butcher paper and it should be marked off with inch marks.) Rolling area needs to be FLAT -- no sloped rollling areas! :) The width of the rolling area needs to be no wider than 3 feet.
	Tape Measure or some measurement tool
	Some way to mark where egg stops rolling -- or where it leaves the paper. (If an egg rolls off the paper, THAT is where you measure for distance.)
	Tally Sheets
	A calculator to add all rolls.
	A team to roll against. (not your own class....please get another group involved. This can be the another classroom, staff members (ie the principal), parents, etc etc etc!)
	Final Tally Sheet with directions on how to post data.

DIRECTIONS:

Each "roller" will roll their egg down the butcher paper or designated marked area. Where the egg stops (or leaves the butcher paper) is where you will mark distance. It is to be a NORMAL roll and NOT a throw. (The arm needs to swing back NATURALLY (shoulder height) and swing forward in a normal swing. When they release it, it should ROLL as if it was a bowling ball.)

Classrooms will roll against another classroom OR another group of rollers. These will be called the "GUEST ROLLERS!" (Feel free to ask another classroom, your buddy class, parents, administration, local fire/police department, etc).

Teachers (or designated person/student) will mark down the measured roll per person in INCHES. Each tally sheet will have a column for the student rollers and also the guest rollers.

Teachers (or designated person/student) will add and average the rolls of classroom rollers and then add and average the rolls of the guest rollers.

Teachers (or designated person/student) will then add and average the rolls of all rollers. When submitting the results -- you will submit the classroom's average, the guest's average, and the final combined average. Please remember to list this in INCHES. (if you submit your date incorrectly, it will not be placed into the final results!) If you need a convertor from feet to inches, please click HERE!

The posting of results will be available on the webpage from March 27 to April 20, 2007. The result page will be updated on March 30, April 6, April 14, & April 21 2007.

When teachers submit results, they will be provided with a link to pick up their certificate of participation.

If classrooms wish to participate in the fashion show, please check the fashion show page and the bulletin board for more details.

Registration is now
CLOSED for this project!


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