This document provides instructions for three egg-based science experiments:
1) The bouncy egg experiment uses vinegar to dissolve the calcium carbonate shell of a raw egg over 48-72 hours, leaving a membrane that can bounce.
2) The egg shell seed growing experiment plants seeds inside eggshells filled with soil to observe root and shoot growth over several days.
3) The egg in the bottle experiment uses the physics of air pressure - lighting a paper or candles in an upside down bottle pulls a hard boiled egg inside, and blowing into the bottle pushes it back out.
This document provides instructions for three egg-based science experiments:
1) The bouncy egg experiment uses vinegar to dissolve the calcium carbonate shell of a raw egg over 48-72 hours, leaving a membrane that can bounce.
2) The egg shell seed growing experiment plants seeds inside eggshells filled with soil to observe root and shoot growth over several days.
3) The egg in the bottle experiment uses the physics of air pressure - lighting a paper or candles in an upside down bottle pulls a hard boiled egg inside, and blowing into the bottle pushes it back out.
This document provides instructions for three egg-based science experiments:
1) The bouncy egg experiment uses vinegar to dissolve the calcium carbonate shell of a raw egg over 48-72 hours, leaving a membrane that can bounce.
2) The egg shell seed growing experiment plants seeds inside eggshells filled with soil to observe root and shoot growth over several days.
3) The egg in the bottle experiment uses the physics of air pressure - lighting a paper or candles in an upside down bottle pulls a hard boiled egg inside, and blowing into the bottle pushes it back out.
This document provides instructions for three egg-based science experiments:
1) The bouncy egg experiment uses vinegar to dissolve the calcium carbonate shell of a raw egg over 48-72 hours, leaving a membrane that can bounce.
2) The egg shell seed growing experiment plants seeds inside eggshells filled with soil to observe root and shoot growth over several days.
3) The egg in the bottle experiment uses the physics of air pressure - lighting a paper or candles in an upside down bottle pulls a hard boiled egg inside, and blowing into the bottle pushes it back out.
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Bouncy Egg
Science Experiment Did you know that you could make an egg bounce?
Items Needed for Bouncy Eggs:
Raw Eggs White Vinegar Clear Jars Food Dye if Desired
How to Make Bouncy Eggs:
This experiment takes 48-72 hours so it will require kids be at an age to manage that level of patience.
1. Place egg in a tall clear container with a wide mouth. The egg will expand with time so a wide mouth container is important. Cover the egg with vinegar.
2. Have kids observe the eggs. Take note of what they see. Are there bubbles? What does the shell look like? Is the egg getting bigger? Smaller? Sinking? Floating?
3. After 24 hours change the vinegar. Be very careful not to poke a hole in the shell while doing this. Cover the egg with fresh vinegar and let sit for another 2-3 days!
4. In a couple of days, the shell should be completely gone! Gently rinse the eggs with warm water and explore their fun {yet delicate} membrane that covers the egg.
How Bouncy Eggs Work:
The shell of an egg is made of calcium carbonate. When you place the egg into the vinegar, you see bubbles, which is the chemical reaction of the acid in the vinegar reacting with the calcium carbonate to produce carbon dioxide. You’ll also notice that the egg gets larger as it sits in the vinegar. That is because some of the vinegar is absorbed in the egg through its semi-permeable membrane! Just be careful…even though it bounces and squishes, it can still break! Egg Shell Seed Growing Science Experiment An egg shell seed growing science activity is a neat way to engage young kids and show them how plants grow!
SUPPLIES 24 Egg Shells Soil Seeds {Mung bean} Water Spoon or small scoop
First of course, you need to plant your seeds and give them a small drink. You can use a small spray bottle as well for this task. We used a couple different types of seats so we made sure to separate one set of eggs from another We gave the seeds 3 days to start the process on their own, and then each day we opened up one or two new egg shells to examine the seed and note the changes taking place. This is terrific for observation skills. Have a magnifying glass ready for your little scientist. EGG SHELL SEED GROWING SCIENCE: What to look for! Grab a magnifying glass and dig in! Maybe there won’t be any changes the first time but keep at it!
What are we looking for?
Here are some of the stages you will be looking for as your seeds grow. looking for seeds to get fatter looking for a root to pop out of the side looking for root to push down into the soil looking for root hairs looking for the seed to push up while the root hairs push down looking for shoots to come up EGG IN THE BOTTLE Materials List Erlenmeyer flask Hard boiled eggs (peeled) Matches Birthday candles Paper Adult supervision Experiment Procedure 1. Light a strip of paper using a match or lighter. 2. Drop the paper into the milk bottle or other glass container you are using (an Erlenmeyer flask works well). Quickly place the egg at the top of the glass container. The egg should be pulled into the container! To get the egg out just as quickly, blow into the bottle. The air you blow in will push the egg back out into your mouth (so maybe have a friend do this part instead). 3. After you have removed the egg and cleaned out the bottle, try placing three birthday candles in one end of a new hard boiled egg. Make sure the candles are close enough together that they can fit in the opening of your bottle. 4. Using matches or a lighter, light the candles. 5. Hold the bottle upside down and insert the lit end of the candles/egg into the bottle. The candles should go out and the egg should be pulled up into the bottle!
How Does It Work?
To get the egg into the bottle in this experiment, you must use the physics of air pressure. When you insert the lit paper or birthday candles, the air molecules inside the bottle heat up. Heated molecules become excited and spread out, making the air less dense, and some of them will even escape from the bottle. The cooler molecules outside the bottle have a higher pressure because they are less spread out (or more dense) and are not in an excited state. Since they have a higher pressure, they literally push the balloon into the bottle. To get the egg out, it’s much easier to force air into the bottle instead of sucking the egg out. Because the egg doesn’t create a perfect seal with the bottle (it’s rigid enough that the air will push the entire egg out of the way), the air you blow in goes around the egg. The new air you’re blowing in takes up space, and once it fills up the bottle, it has nowhere else to go but back out. Since the egg is in the way, the air pushes the egg out to make room for more air. Science Projects and Experiments nd 2 Grade
Proposed by: Tr. Kristel G. Garcia SCIENCE II Teacher
