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    Home » Kitchen Science » Bouncy Egg Experiment

    Bouncy Egg Experiment

    February 10, 2021 By Emma Vanstone 8 Comments

    Eggs with no shells are definitely one of the things my children find most intriguing. I’ve made bouncy eggs for nursery children to look at and for secondary school children to use as part of an osmosis experiment.

    This fun bouncy egg experiment is great fun for kids of all ages and fascinating for adults too!

    I also have a huge collection of egg experiments you might like.

    bouncy egg with no shell coloured blue with food colouring

    Bouncy Egg Experiment

    What happens to an egg when you drop it? It smashes.

    So how can you make an egg bounce?

    How to make an egg bounce

    Place an unboiled egg in a container of vinegar for about 24 hours. The vinegar should completely cover the egg. If you want to remove the shell faster, take it out of the vinegar every couple of hours and rinse the egg under cold water while gently rubbing away the shell.

    Egg with the shell removed by vinegar in a child's hand

    Once the whole shell has dissolved, you have a naked egg which should bounce. Some eggs seem to break more easily than others, so you could try experimenting with different kinds of eggs to see if a certain type or size makes a difference.

    To bounce your egg, drop carefully from a low height, the egg should bounce up from the surface. Can you measure at what height it breaks? Or try bouncing on different surfaces?

    egg with no shell - from Snackable Science book. the shell has been removed by soaking the egg in vinegar
    Image taken from Snackable Science

    How about drawing a table to demonstrate your results?

    If you don’t want to break the eggs, how about shrinking an egg ?This is a fantastic way to learn about osmosis.

    More Egg Experiments

    Use eggs to learn about tooth decay!

    Find out why an egg can seem to be unbreakable.

    Make an egg shell bridge.

    Bouncy egg science experiment for kids. Image shows lots of eggs with the shell removed coloured with food colouring

    Key Stage 1 Science

    Investigative skills

    Ask the child to predict if an egg can bounce using past experience of the properties of the shell.

    Obtain and present evidence

    Did you draw a table to demonstrate how high the egg bounced?

    Consider and evaluate evidence evidence

    Were the results as expected?

    Bouncy Egg Experiment - remove the shell from an egg with vinegar and watch it bounce! Easy science for kids! #EggExperiments #NakedEgg #Scienceforkids #ScienceExperimentsforkids

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    Last Updated on March 2, 2022 by Emma Vanstone

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. maggy, red ted art

      January 30, 2013 at 2:24 pm

      Oh my what fun!!! What a brilliant experiment.

      Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty.

      Maggy

      Reply
    2. Beth

      February 07, 2013 at 11:20 pm

      VERY cool! I love stretching their minds =-)

      Thanks for linking up to TGIF! I hope to see you again tomorrow!
      Beth =-)

      Reply
    3. Kerry Capoverde

      April 02, 2013 at 7:20 pm

      Love this! Please can you explain the science behind this? Many thanks!

      Reply
    4. Jarynth

      April 03, 2013 at 3:06 am

      That’s really AWESOME! That’s a really great experiment to do!

      Reply
    5. Harry

      April 03, 2013 at 4:16 am

      I have not ever heard of someone able to make a egg bounce. How did you get the idea and how long did it take you to do this? I have never done any type of experiment like this before so I was really interested when I saw this post about the egg bouncing.

      Reply
    6. Chef

      March 19, 2017 at 11:21 pm

      My name chef

      Reply
    7. Dana ;-)

      June 15, 2018 at 7:31 pm

      This was a grate experiment my kids really had fun with it!

      Reply
    8. Sophie Chan

      March 27, 2023 at 1:14 pm

      Cool! I’ve always wanted to make a bouncy egg – now I have! It’s very fun to play with 🙂

      Reply

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