MY SCIENCE

EGG-PERIMENT
EMILY DYER
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
EDU 214
SCIENCE FAIR
 QUESTION?
• WILL AN EGG FLOAT IN SALT WATER?
• HOW MUCH SALT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE THE
EGG FLOAT?
 HYPOTHESIS:
IF THERE IS ENOUGH SALT MIXED
INTO THE WATER, THEN THE EGG
WILL FLOAT
 MATERIALS:
• WATER • SPOON
• EGG(S) • LARGE POT
• (4) CUPS • MEASUREING
CUP
 PROCEDURE:
• MAKE SURE EGGS ARE AT ROOM
TEMPERATURE BEFORE BEGINNING THE
EXPERIMENT.
• MIX 2 ½ CUPS WATER AND ½ CUP
OF SALT INTO THE LARGE POT AND
STIR UNTIL DISSOLVED (THIS MIGHT
TAKE A WHILE). MAKE SURE THE SALT
IS COMPLETELY DISSOLVED.
• DIVIDE THE SOLUTION INTO 3 OF THE
4 CUPS, THE 4TH CUP WILL BE THE
CONTROL (REGULAR WATER
WITHOUT SALT).
• ADD ¼ CUP PLAIN WATER TO CUP 1, ½
CUP WATER TO CUP 2, AND ¾ CUP
WATER TO CUP 3
• SLOWLY PLACE THE EGG USING THE
SPOON INTO EACH CUP STARTING
WITH #4. DOES THE EGG FLOAT?
• GO DOWN THE LINE OF CUPS UNTIL
YOU MAKE IT TO CUP #1. NOW WHAT
IS HAPPENING TO THE EGG?
RESULTS/ DATA

THE EGG FLOATED BEST IN THE CUP WITH THE MOST SALT WATER
IN IT (CUP 1). THE SECOND CUP HAD A LESSER AMOUNT OF SALT
WATER, SO THE EGG SEEMED LESS DENSE, BUT DID NOT
COMPLETELY FLOAT. IN THE LAST TWO CUPS THE EGG SUNK
DIRECTLY TO THE BOTTOM.
 CONCLUSION:
THE DENSITY OF THE EGG WAS LOWER IN THE SOLUTION WITH MORE SALT, AND HIGHER IN THE
WATER WITH LESS SALT.
THE GREATER THE SALT, THE BETTER THE EGG FLOATED, LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT MY
HYPOTHESIS WAS CORRECT.
HAD THE EGG BEEN HARD BOILED, OR THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER CHANGE (COLDER OR
HOTTER) THE RESULTS MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.