Drop a water balloon as far as possible without it bursting
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Task brief
The brief for the task is as follows:
Drop this water balloon from the greatest height without it bursting.
You may not damage the water balloon or remove any water from it.
You have 10 minutes and one attempt.
Your time starts now.
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Attempts
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- Daisy put a bath full of water under the water balloon. She dropped her water balloon from 7.35 metres, and it did not burst.
- Johnny put a bath full of water under the water balloon and made Alex wear high heels, originally thinking Alex would be coming down with the balloon. He dropped his water balloon from 7.35 metres, and it did not burst.
- Katherine put her water balloon inside a cushion with padding, then put a bath filled with sofa cushions under the water balloon. She dropped her water balloon from 7.35 metres, and it did not burst.
- Mawaan experimented with other balloons, dropping them from a height onto the ground, before letting the actual water balloon fall from the winch, which did not burst. His water balloon was dropped from 1.72 meters.
- Richard put a wheelie bin filled with foam bricks under the water balloon, surrounded by sofa cushions from the caravan. He dropped his water balloon from 3.5 metres, and it did not burst.
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