Each creation required a total team effort.

This team's catapult design didn't quite perform up to expectations.

A student examines her team's egg following its drop from the third floor of ECU's Science and Technology Building.

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Marvin Arrington, Jr., of the Little Willie Center, evaluates a design.

Judges meet to determine the competition winners.

"Architectural Technology" with Ayden-Grifton High School

Teams used a variety of food cans and boxes to create their designs.

Back in the classroom, teams hear the results of the Egg Drop Competition.

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Students from PCC's Architectural Technology program and ECU's Interior Design and Merchandising and Technology Systems programs work together.

Some of the designs were tall and skinny, like this one that rose over six feet high.

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ECU student Elvis Hall loads boxes for transport.

Students test their design's launching capability.

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Judges evaluate a design.

Once the competition was over, teams disassembled their designs and packed food in boxes.

Teams had to make snap decisions when creating their designs.

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PCC instructor Bill Hofler, right, kids with students following the competition.

Despite its appearance, this was not 'just another college prank.'

Judges meet to determine the competition winners.

Unfortunately, the device didn't quite work out as hoped.

All of the designs were required to have upper dimensions extending out from the lower dimensions.

The Construction Yard at NCA (Nehru College of Architecture) is an extensive open yard where students are taught various construction techniques. The theoretical content learnt as part of the subject “Building Materials and Construction” forms the crux underpinning the hands-on exploration of these methods and techniques. The first year students practice diverse brick bonding methods and their work serves as a demonstration and display in the construction yard.

A student prepares her team's machine for launching.

The Construction Yard at NCA (Nehru College of Architecture) is an extensive open yard where students are taught various construction techniques. The theoretical content learnt as part of the subject “Building Materials and Construction” forms the crux underpinning the hands-on exploration of these methods and techniques. The first year students practice diverse brick bonding methods and their work serves as a demonstration and display in the construction yard.

Teams make last-minute preparations before dropping their eggs.

Each launching device had its own, unique characteristics.

Students and instructors share a laugh following the competition.

Students check their design's results with team members below.

This student puts her team's launching device through a test run.

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Each team had the same variety of materials from which to choose in making their creations.

Several teams tested their egg designs from the sixth floor.

PCC student Tom Denton carries food to a Little Willie Center van parked outside.

The Construction Yard at NCA (Nehru College of Architecture) is an extensive open yard where students are taught various construction techniques. The theoretical content learnt as part of the subject “Building Materials and Construction” forms the crux underpinning the hands-on exploration of these methods and techniques. The first year students practice diverse brick bonding methods and their work serves as a demonstration and display in the construction yard.

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Food collected for the design project was taken to the Little Willie Center on Martin Luther King Drive in Greenville.

The Little Willie Center provides a balanced meal each day to each of the 37 children enrolled in the program this semester.

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An egg floats softly to the concrete surface below.

A student checks his team's egg for cracks and leakage.