Our Honors Physics class is currently embroiled in an ‘egg drop’ project where they are tasked with building a contraption built of soda straws that can save an egg from a great fall. This project is just one of many amazing opportunities for study using eggs. Here are a few to try at home.
1. Getting a hard boiled egg into a bottle (a wonderful demonstration of vacuum, atmospheric pressure, temperature as it relates to pressure, and kinetic theory of gasses):
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-an-Egg-Into-a-Bottle
2. Dissolving the shell of a raw egg (a wonderful exploration of acid base reactions):
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/eggs/activity-naked.html
3. Examining the interior structures and characteristics of a raw egg (use a flashlight, light table, or window after dissolving the egg above):
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/182/The-structural-components-of-an-egg
Hope you enjoy your egg explorations!
~Cardin Science Department
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