We can see evidence that there are little holes in an eggshell by putting it in water and seeing air bubbles. Air can not only get into the egg, but come out of it, too. Each person or pair needs plenty of room to try 3 little experiments including letting an egg roll away from them. We see hen eggs all the time. We buy them at stores, put them in the fridge, color them at Easter time, cook them in many ways and eat them, put them in lots of different recipes.
Eggs are fun to learn about.
We are going to do some activites and experiments to learn more about the properties and characteristics of the simple hen egg. When you go to a store, you find eggs in cartons according to size. You can buy small, medium, large or extra large eggs. Let's measure eggs to see just how big they are. One way to check out how big an egg is, is to measure it vertically and horizontally.