What to do with leftover Easter eggs
Not sure what to do with the leftover hard-boiled Easter eggs? Try this "trapped eggs" experiment, courtesy of Jack and Jill magazine. Credit: Jack and Jill magazine
After hunting, what do you do with all of those leftover hard-boiled Easter eggs? Besides making egg salad, here’s a fun science experiment to try from "Jack and Jill" magazine: Use air pressure to suck an egg into an empty jar. Then help your kids figure out how to get the egg out.
* Make sure an adult is assisting or performing this part of the activity.
Peel the hard-boiled egg. Place four lit matches, one at a time, into glass jar. Quickly place the egg on top of the neck of the jar. Poof! Where’s the egg?
Now, how do you get the egg out? Let the kids experiment with different solutions to this problem. The solution: Tilt the jar and blow air into it.
