Super Star Scientist..

Jackson L.!

Experiment:  How do you make an egg float?

Objective:  What happens when you put an egg in fresh water? Or salt water?

Materials: water, eggs, cups, salt, tablespoon

Our scientist, Jackson, had his lab coat and goggles on and all of the materials for his experiment ready!

First, he placed an egg in a cup of fresh water, and it sank to the bottom. 

In another cup, Jackson added 4 tablespoons of salt to the water and mixed it gently.

After mixing the salt water, he placed an egg in the cup.  This time the egg floated to the top.

The cup on the right has fresh water with the egg at the bottom.  The cup on the left has the salt water with the egg floating.

Then Jackson added 4 tablespoons of salt to the 3rd cup and mixed it as well.

Next he placed an egg in that cup, but also added additional fresh water to the cup of salt water.

This time the egg floated between the fresh water and salt water.  Jackson told us that's because salt water is more dense and settles at the bottom while the fresh water sits on top...and the egg floats right between the two!

Jackson, thank you for showing us your fun experiment!

This is something we can all try at home!