• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

Subscribe for Email Updates

logo

Providing printables, encouragement, tips and resources to help busy mums balance homeschooling, homemaking and frugal living.

  • Craft
  • Faith
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
  • Homeschooling
    • Free Printables
    • Google Slides ~ How To | Distance Learning
    • Printables By Grade
    • Printables By Subject
  • Homemaking
    • DIY & Frugal Living
  • Wellness
    • Essential Oils

Mobile Menu

  • Craft
  • Faith
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
  • Homeschooling
    • Free Printables
    • Google Slides ~ How To | Distance Learning
    • Printables By Grade
    • Printables By Subject
  • Homemaking
    • DIY & Frugal Living
  • Wellness
    • Essential Oils

Egg Inertia (Amazing Egg) Science Experiment

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my full disclosure policy.
  • Share
  • Tweet

The first couple of times the boys used too much force and the glass was pushed over, or the egg went flying across the yard as they hit the toilet roll as well. This is why we did it outside. Amazingly the egg lasted the 10 times that this experiment was tried. Some have actually taken it further and used 3,4 and even 5 eggs/toilet rolls and glasses. We didn’t, as we didn’t have that many eggs at the time.This amazing egg experiment in based on Isaac Newton’s Law of Motion (also known as the Law of Inertia).“Every object in a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.” 

egg inertia experiment picture

Basically objects keep doing what they are doing, whether it be rest or motion, until something else exerts force onto it.

What you need:

  • pie plate
  • glass
  • water
  • toilet roll
  • raw egg
Place water in the glass until it is about 3/4 full.
Place the pie plate on top of the glass and then the toilet roll and the egg. 
(Check out the pictures below) 
Then you push/smack the pie plate horizontally out of the way.

The egg should plop into the water.

 
The pie plate is remaining at rest until you force it out of the way.
 
 
The egg remains at rest until gravity pulls it down, in a straight line.
 
The end result for B.
 
 
The end result for R.
 
 

Steve Spangler Science Egg Drop Inertia Trick
Egg Drop Utube Video

  • Share
  • Tweet

Category: Homeschooling, Kids ActivitiesTag: Experiments, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Kindergarten, PreK, Preschool, Science

Love Free Printables?

Subscribe to receive weekly emails!

Previous Post: « Sewing Hems (Keeping the Original Hem)
Next Post: Cinco De Mayo Tots to Prep Pack »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. NextGen Homeschool

    April 30, 2013 at 3:50 am

    Thank you for sharing this fun experiment on NextGen Homeschool’s “What’s Working Wednesday” link-up! Science experiments are one of my girls’ favorite activities, and we’re always on the lookout for new ones. We hope you’ll continue to link up with us each week.
    Renée at NextGen Homeschool

    Reply
  2. Tracey Kite

    April 30, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    I have got to try this experiment with my girls! They will love this. Thank you so much for sharing on We Made That, I am going to feature this tomorrow on the linky!

    Reply
  3. Jennifer Hughes

    May 3, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    Visiting from TGIF Friday. I’d like to invite you to my Friday Flash Blog, where you can share your best blog entry of the week! And who knows, you may just get featured next week.

    Jennifer
    thejennyevolution.com

    Reply
  4. Beth

    May 4, 2013 at 1:35 am

    FUN! We’ll have to try this. Also visiting from TGIF

    Reply
  5. Meagan

    April 30, 2014 at 10:45 pm

    Thanks for sharing at The Geeky Homeschool Link Up! This is a great project. I see this happening over here this summer. I don’t know that our egg will survive the 4 year old for long though. 😉

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Come and Join Us

Support My Work

Love Free Printables?

Subscribe to receive weekly emails!

Categories

AMAZON ASSOCIATES DISCLOSURE

Simple Living. Creative Learning is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure
  • Cart
  • My Account

Return to top

Copyright © 2013-2020 · Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in