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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Egg Cellent Landing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The purpose of this activity is to recreate the classic egg-drop experiment with an analogy to the Mars rover landing. The concept of terminal velocity will be introduced, and students will perform several velocity calculations. Also,...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Egg Math: Spherical Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains an experiment that demonstrates how transporting a tangent vector around a closed path on a sphere will cause it to come back twisted. [Requires Java.]
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Proctor & Gamble: A Fun Eggsperiment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Follow the steps of this "egg"speriment and discover how food and drink acids can lead to tooth decay and cavities. Created for teachers and parents, teach those you care for about the benefits of dental hygiene.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Fallen Arches: The Surprising Strength of Eggshells

For Students 6th - 8th
Arches have been used for structural engineering since ancient times. This experiment tests the strength of a naturally occurring arch shape: the shell of an egg. How much weight do you think an eggshell can support?
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring the Speed of 'Light' With a Microwave Oven

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, you will measure the speed of light using a microwave oven, some egg white, and a ruler. This short project proves to be an extremely interesting choice for a science lab, with pictures for illustration, and thorough...

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