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    Home » Kitchen Science » Science Magic – the unbreakable egg

    Science Magic – the unbreakable egg

    November 19, 2012 By Emma Vanstone 9 Comments

    This is another experiment taken from a fab book I was sent to review, Cool Science. We think of eggs as being 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 in your palm and close your hand around it so your fingers are completely wrapped around the egg.

    Squeeze as hard as you can.

    unbreakable egg

    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 all over the shell it will not break.

    unbreakable egg

    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.

    Experiment, thanks to Cool Science.

    Egg wrapped in cling film to make an unbreakable egg

    Last Updated on February 8, 2021 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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