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Home » Kitchen Science » Science Magic – the unbreakable egg

Science Magic – the unbreakable egg

Modified: Jan 8, 2024 · Published: Nov 19, 2012 by Emma Vanstone · This post may contain affiliate links · 9 Comments

An unbreakable egg sounds impossible. We think of eggs as fragile ( how many times have you opened a box of eggs to find one broken ), so how do you make an unbreakable egg?

How to make an egg unbreakable

unbreakable egg experiment - image shows an egg sat on a sheet of cling film


How to make an unbreakable egg

You’ll need

  • an egg
  • cling film

Instructions

Wrap the egg in cling film, place it in your palm and close your hand around it so your fingers are completely wrapped around the egg.

Squeeze as hard as you can.

child's hands squeezing an egg for a science demonstration

The egg should remain in one piece.  If you are feeling extra brave, you could try it without the cling film.

Why can’t you break the egg?

If you’ve ever dropped an egg, you know the shell is fragile, but the shape of an egg is very strong. If pressure is applied evenly over the shell, it will not break.

childs hand squeezing an egg covered in cling film

We tried REALLY hard to break the egg, but it stayed in one piece!

Did you know – egg experiments

A fresh egg will sink in water; a stale egg will float. Now, there’s something I want to try!

Try spinning a boiled egg and a fresh, unboiled egg. You should be able to tell the difference between them based on how they spin.

Discover why dome shapes are so strong.

Another way to make an egg float is to add some salt to a bowl of water.

Or, try one of my other eggy experiments.

Egg wrapped in cling film to make an unbreakable egg

Last Updated on January 8, 2024 by Emma Vanstone

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  1. Cadence

    April 09, 2020 at 5:49 pm

    This was soooooooo cool and i didn’t end up wasting an egg!

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