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="Egg" Treme Conditions=


 * Title:** "Egg" Treme Conditions

Eggs shell's thickness are on average 4.46 kilograms and 0.311 millimeters. The strongest part of an egg is the top and the bottom and the weakest part is the two sides. The yolk of an egg is about 34% of the eggs liquid weight.
 * Research**

1. My experimental group is the eggs. 2. My control group is my egg in a container. 3. My Independent variable is chosen materials to pad the eggs. 4. My dependent variable is I will be observing which selected material will protect the egg as well as which group they come from. (solids, liquids, solids using liquids)
 * Hypothesis:** I believe that at least one substance of each group will protect the egg. The ones I have chosen are: honey, cooked rice & dirt


 * Materials:** I will use small, round Ziploc plastic containers with lids. I will fill each container with the selected substance. From the liquids category, I will use honey, water & tomato sauce. The solids using liquids category will require the extra preparation of soaking the lettuce in water, cooking the rice and cooking the oatmeal. From the solids category, I will use grass which will contain no dirt or roots, planting soil so it will be pebble free and fine grain kitty litter. All items will be placed on a 20 foot roof ledge and gently pushed off.

The experiment was performed to show what kind of substance will protect a raw egg when falling a long distance. I will attempt to find a substance that will protect an egg while enduring an exteme condition. While doing this, I will note the type of substance that is able to do this.
 * Method/Procedures**: What I am doing for this experiment is I will place 9 raw eggs in their shells in small, individual plastic containers. Each container will have a different substance for padding. I plan to use honey, water, tomato sauce (liquids) cooked oatmeal, lettuce & cooked rice (solids using liquids) dirt, grass & sand (solids). I will place each filled container on the ledge of a 20 foot roof. Each container will be lightly pushed off of the ledge and the results recorded.

1. Purchase containers, eggs & selected substances. 2. Put selected substances in containers & gently added the egg, pushing the into the substance until fully covered. 3. Get ladder & climb up on the roof! (with the containers) 4. Push each container, one by one, off of the roof. 5. Climb back down & inspect the egg in each container. 6. Record all conclusions.
 * Step by Step:**

The results were a little surprising to me. I expected more eggs to break under these conditions. The only ones that did break or crack were the ones housed in water, grass & kitty litter. None of the solids using liquids group broke or cracked. This did not surprise me. I realized when I put the egg in the substance that the protection they offered was pretty good. In the liquids group, I predicted the egg to break in water & the honey to protect it, but I really thought the egg in the tomato juice would break. The solids group was a bit of a surprise. I was correct that dirt would protect the egg, but when I packed the egg in, I thought the other two would as well. I think that the kitty litter may have been too "sharp" for the fragile egg & I think if it had been spring & I would had Fresh cut grass that it would have been safe then too. I think it would be fun to use the same experiment but change the container to a small ziploc bag! That would really show the protection offered by the substances.
 * Conclusion**

" STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HEN'S EGGSHELL IN RELATION TO THE FUNCTION OF SHELL-SECRETORY GLANDS -- ROMANOFF 56 (5): 351 -- The Biological Bulletin." //The Biological Bulletin//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2010. <@http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/abstract/56/5/351>.
 * References**

"Courtney Bonilla." //Nuuanu Elementary School//. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2010. <@http://www.nuuanu.k12.hi.us/nuuanuweb/06-07/5/h1egg/Courtney__Bonilla.html>.

Incredible Edible Egg | Eggs - eggs 101. (n.d.). //Incredible Edible Egg | Eggs - Egg Nutrition | Eggs for Breakfast | Egg Recipies | Eggs and Health//. Retrieved February 5, 2010, from @http://www.incredibleegg.org/egg-facts/eggs-101

If I were to do this experiment again, my new questions would be: 1. Would it make a difference in a Ziploc bag? 2. Would it make a difference if I had the egg land on cement rather than grass? 3. Would it make a difference if they had been shaken up in the substances before they were dropped off the building? 4. Would it make a difference if I did the experiment in the spring rather than the winter?
 * Questions for further study**