lol, i remember doing an experiment like this in grade seven. we went to a science centre and we were asked to build a "capsule" for our egg out of stickey-tape and straws. some were verry effective, others were not, the materials you use will have an impact on the results-- it should be something with a degree of rigidity, but not completley rigid (absorbs impact)... look for materials that dont just go "thump" when dropped. and obviousley something light. Oh and containing gas is hard to clasify too, everything does, but like my primary school example (im in grade 12 now) something hollow, like straws, thats not sealed technically contains gas, but is not a CONTAINER for gas..... they do well. The second point to my story is that although all groups used the same materials, not all were as successfull as others. when our team got to the second story, our egg cracked, whereas other teams got to the third and fourth story. DESIGN is crucial, like i said, your design needs to ABSORB the impact, not just TRANSFERR it.