Students test Sky Ride egg drop at USU Physics Day

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Churchill Junior High School students Alice Vietti, Paige Bolingbroke, and Diane Van, right, wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience as they go upside down on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

While riding the Sky Ride at Lagoon junior high school students hold their protective egg containers as they participate in the Egg Drop event at the Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Students made protective containers to protect an egg from breaking after being dropped from the Sky Ride.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

While riding the Sky Ride at Lagoon junior high school students drop protective egg containers at a target as they participate in the Egg Drop event at the Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Students made protective containers to protect an egg from breaking after being dropped from the Sky Ride.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

instructions for junior high school students as they wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Churchill Junior High School students Alice Vietti, front, Paige Bolingbroke, top and Diane Van, right, wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Junior high school students wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

A container oozes egg yolk after being dropped from the Sky Ride during the Egg Drop event at the Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

A broken egg fills a container meant to protect it during the "Egg Drop" on the Sky Ride during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Students made protective containers to protect an egg from breaking after being dropped from the Sky Ride.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune

Churchill Junior High School students wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014.

1 of 10

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Churchill Junior High School students Alice Vietti, Paige Bolingbroke, and Diane Van, right, wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience as they go upside down on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune While riding the Sky Ride at Lagoon junior high school students hold their protective egg containers as they participate in the Egg Drop event at the Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Students made protective containers to protect an egg from breaking after being dropped from the Sky Ride. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune While riding the Sky Ride at Lagoon junior high school students drop protective egg containers at a target as they participate in the Egg Drop event at the Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Students made protective containers to protect an egg from breaking after being dropped from the Sky Ride. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune While riding the Sky Ride at Lagoon junior high school students hold their protective egg containers as they participate in the Egg Drop event at the Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Students made protective containers to protect an egg from breaking after being dropped from the Sky Ride. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune instructions for junior high school students as they wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Churchill Junior High School students Alice Vietti, front, Paige Bolingbroke, top and Diane Van, right, wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Junior high school students wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune A container oozes egg yolk after being dropped from the Sky Ride during the Egg Drop event at the Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune A broken egg fills a container meant to protect it during the "Egg Drop" on the Sky Ride during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014. Students made protective containers to protect an egg from breaking after being dropped from the Sky Ride. Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Churchill Junior High School students wear accelerometers on their wrists as they measure the force they experience on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster during Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon Farmington, Utah Friday, May 16, 2014.

By Lindsay Whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune

· May 16, 2014 11:03 pm

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2014, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Utah students dropped raw eggs from Lagoon's Sky Ride Friday, but it wasn't a high-flying prank.

The drop was part of the 25th annual Utah State University Physics Day at Lagoon, and the eggs were dropped inside containers the students created to protect them from impact.

The event for high school and middle school students is the largest outreach activity for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in the Intermountain West, according to USU.

More than 6,000 teens and teachers from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada used the amusement park to explore physics concepts as gravity, projectile motion, centrifugal force and energy — including wearing accelerometers to measure force as they were upside down on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster.