How to Play the Egg Drop Team Building Activity

The Egg Drop Team Building Game is a messy, funny and a light-hearted way to teach problem-solving, cooperation, negotiation and leadership skills in a group.

Egg Drop Game Overview

The game is played by teams of 3-5 people
The objective of the game is to build a protective nest for the egg
The Egg that survives a 10ft drop wins the challenge
The play time is 15 minutes

Egg Drop Requirements

1 Raw egg for each team, and extras in case of an accident.
Cardboard
Duct tape
40 thin straws per group
6-50 participants

Egg Drop Game Setup

Get all the materials listed above to protect the raw egg
Make provision for at least 50 straws per team

How to Play the Egg Drop Team Building Game

Divide the group to teams of 3-4 each. Give each team 40 thin straws, 1 meter of duck tape and other listed materials
Explain the rules of the game stating that the aim is to build a protective shield that will preserve the egg from breaking when dropped from any height of about 8-10ft
Each team has a 15-minute time frame to make their structure
Assign and write the name of each team on their cardboard for easy identification or make sure each team have a different color of cardboard.
If there is more than one successful team, then the team with the fewest straw used to protect the egg will be declared winner
Separate the teams so they are not too close to each other. This will prevent copying of ideas
Let the games begin and the teams build their structure with the egg inside.

How to Win the Egg Drop

Call back all the teams at the end of 15 minutes
Collect the structures from each team
Drop the structures from the same height level and speed, one after the other
Look through the structures to see which one has an unbroken egg
Declare the team with the unbroken egg as winner
If more than one, the team with the least straws used, wins.

Reflection On the Lesson

Let the teams state their experience, what went well and what was worthwhile from the teamwork
Find out if their designs changed or evolved over time
Find out what traits of team work, contributions or good leadership that they can glean from their experience.
Find out from the teams if there is anything they would do differently next time