| Home science experiments are great for rainy or | | | | smaller than the egg, a 3" x 3" piece of newspaper |
| dreary days when the kids are restless and looking for | | | | and a match. Remove the shell from the egg and set |
| something to do. If you take a look around, you will see | | | | it on the mouth of the bottle to see that it does not fit |
| that you have a lot of things that can be used to | | | | through. Then, fold the piece of newspaper into a strip |
| experiment with. For example, you could have your | | | | that can be dropped into the bottle. |
| kids test different things to drop eggs onto, such as a | | | | Have an adult light the match and use it to light the |
| couch, a bed, a carpet, a stuffed animal to see which | | | | newspaper on fire. Remove the egg from the mouth |
| will accept the egg without it breaking. Unfortunately | | | | of the bottle, drop the burning paper into the bottle, and |
| this experiment can often result in a mess! | | | | put the egg back over the mouth of the bottle before |
| Cleaner home science projects might be to see if you | | | | the fire goes out. Within a few seconds the egg will |
| can make an egg fit through the neck of a bottle that | | | | squeeze through the mouth of the bottle. This happens |
| is smaller than the egg. For this you will need a | | | | because the air pressure is pulling the egg into the |
| hardboiled egg, a glass with a mouth just slightly | | | | bottle. |