File This Under "I'm So Proud" . . . Sort Of

This week, Jordan's physics class had an assignment to build a container that could protect an egg from breaking when dropped from about a 20-foot height, using glue and toothpicks. I took this picture of him this morning with it, after the experiment. His creation didn't break (much); the egg did. Is that a success?
The following are pictures from his camera phone. The first is a close-up of his structure. At the top is a box for the egg. There's a wing of sorts that was supposed to help it glide down so that the other end would hit first and gently rock the whole thing to the ground, protecting the egg. Instead, it was off-balance and the egg hit first. Just before he dropped it all from the balcony, Jordan realized the error of his design.



And here is a photo to try to explain why he was dressed like that for school . . . this week was "Spirit Week" for today's homecoming, so he and a friend dressed as the lead characters in the movie Juno (Juno and Bleeker).

I'm so proud.