Drop an egg

Tore out a page from a notebook today and found the 'ice breaker' exercise we did in 2 teams in the induction week. It was a good way of engaging with each other. One of John's best ideas. He gave us all:

2 sheets of A3 paper
6 sheets of A4 paper
a roll of cellotape
10 elastic bands
1 egg

The task was to construct something so we could drop the egg from the top of the stairs onto the floor without breaking it. We had a notional 20 mins (extended). My team made a parachute which successfully sailed down the stairs. The other team suspended the egg inside a structure that had cone-shaped landing points all round to buffer the drop. We all won.