Egg Float Lab Report

How Salty Does the Sea Have to be for an Egg to Float?

An egg needs salt in order to make the egg float. The measurement is how much salt we will put in the jars /measuring cup. Eggs come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. The one thing that changes most is the density. Eggs come in many different sizes, shapes, and colors, so each egg will be a bit different from each other. If you get a white egg from Publix, it will have a different density and volume than a brown egg from Target.

“Density is mass divided by volume, which means that if you can measure both the mass and the volume of an object, you can calculate its density” (Hoff). To find the density, you divide the mass of an object by its volume. An object that is heavy and has a small volume will have a large

We then waited a few minutes to see which of the three eggs had floated to the top. bbhyy=]

Results When we did the experiment and were finished with the experiment, we found out that the first egg that we did, was not floating at all. The second egg that we did, had a little buoyancy. Finally the third egg, ( last egg ) was fully floating. This taught us that a 1/2 cup of salt makes an egg float. If we put an 1/8 cup of salt, the egg did not float at all. In the end, we learned that a 1/2 cup of salt makes the egg float, but an 1/8 of a cup does not. Conclusion Our hypothesis was correct. The limitations during the experiment were mostly the part where we had to think about why it wouldn’t float or how much salt to add to make it float. In conclusion, we were correct with the amount of salt needed to make an egg float. Also, one thing we thought we might have to do is stir the egg while in the salt water. That thinking was incorrect because we did not need to stir the water at all once we had the correct amount of salt added to the water cup. What I learned /Biblical