Designing the Perfect Egg Drop Project for Physics Class

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So we have an egg drop project due at the end of the semester for my introductory physics class. We're dropping it from the second story, which is about 3 meters down I believe. The materials we are given are 20 drinking straws, 30 cm of tape, and 1 8x11 piece of paper that we can cut/fold and do whatever we want with.

So my question is what design would be best for the success of thiis project? All help appreciated, thanks.
 
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