In recognition of National STEM/STEAM Day on November 8, Highland High School students put their creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills to the test during an “egg-citing” engineering challenge.

Students designed and built protective containers to keep an egg intact when dropped from various heights. The project combined physics, engineering, and art as students worked to develop the most effective crash-proof designs. Entries were evaluated for success, efficiency, weight, size, and aesthetics—with High School art teachers lending their expertise in design and presentation.

Engineering students, guided by teacher Elyssa DeWitt, applied the full engineering design process to prototype and refine their ideas. Meanwhile, physics students, under the direction of Chris Cozzolino, collected real-world data from force plates to analyze the effects of impact and explore concepts related to collisions.

The activity served as a fun and meaningful example of hands-on, cross-disciplinary learning in action—demonstrating how STEM and the arts come together to inspire innovation and discovery.