Science Experiments

Below is a fun egg science experiment called the cracked Egg Experiment. The Cracked Egg Science experiment is particularly useful in helping students understand the concept of plate tectonics.

What do I need for the cracked Egg Experiment? All you need to do the cracked egg science experiment is a medium cooked boiled egg. Below is an instruction to boil an egg to the right consistency. You don’t want an overcooked egg for this cracked egg science experiment.

How to boil an egg for this egg science experiment

1. Put water in a pot enough to cover an egg.
2. Bring the water to boil.
3. Lower an egg into the boiling water with a href=”http://www.science-experiments.info/Cracked-Egg-Experiment.html#”spoon.
4. Turn the heat down to low.
5. Boil the egg for about 7-9 minutes.
6. Take the egg out of the water to cool in under running water.

When you have a medium cooked egg, strike the boiled egg gently against a hard surface such as the kitchen countertop or a table. Break the eggshell into a number of pieces. Don’t worry about the size of the broken egg shell pieces. These shell pieces will be the tectonic plates of the earth, the boiled egg.

Now squeeze the boiled egg gently between two fingers. The plates will move and some will bimp against other plates. Other plates will slide or move away from each other.

The pieces of eggshell slide just like tectonic plates would. Some tectonic plates move towards each other, some move away, and so on. You can read more about plate tectonics here.

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