Wednesday’s Science Honor Society meeting began with a presentation and ended with a splat.

Science Honor Society members participated in their semesterly science project by building unique contained to test their ability to protect an egg from kinetic forces. Members brought in boxes covered in duct tape, containers attached to balloons and innovative grocery sacks designs.

“We wanted to do something fun but not too hard,” senior Austin Kinley, Science Honor Society’s treasurer, said. “We just took an elementary project and had fun, it still has science in it.”

One group, consisting of seniors Lekha Chilakamarri, Minda Matthew and Cecily Oleksiak, used a full jar of peanut butter wrapped in duct tape in the egg drop.

“Disney Channel,” Matthew said. “That’s where we got our idea. I’m not sure if that’s cheating or using our resources.”

The students took their inventions to the W hall stairs where they could either drop it themselves or have Kinley drop it for them.

The first contraption landed with a loud bang against the tile. After careful examination, the egg was found to be intact. Once they passed W hall test, contestants made their way to the Band Tower to have their apparatus tested from two higher heights. All of the students progressed to the Band Tower.

“We don’t do an egg drop every year,” society sponsor Janet Hutley said. “I think it’s great that they’re doing well, they didn’t have to do it and they actually took the time and hours to do it even when they’re all busy and committed [to other activities] is great.”

At the Band Tower, senior Amanda Wang, society president, would walk the members’ designs up the winding stairs to the first level of the band tower. Here is where the reign of terror began for the eggs. Those who had their designs broken and eggs cracked didn’t leave upset. Most of them continued to laugh and smile as they were cleaning up the egg guts. Including the peanut butter jar group, whose contraption shattered against the pavement, breaking open both the egg and their container.

“I wasn’t actually upset when it broke,” Matthew said. “It was still pretty funny. I was like, ‘yeah, Disney!’”