Egg Carton Flyer

Save your egg cartons to construct a flying wing! It soars with the help of a penny inserted in the "cargo bay!" Click here for the template and instructions!

integration:
geometry: angles (best angle for distance)
estimating: distance
measuring: distance
science: potential / kinetic energy / wind

GEO Eggs

Investigate circles using various sizes of plastic easter eggs. Kids trace egg halves with a pencil. 
Click here for more plastic egg ideas!

Plastic Eggs!

Fraction Eggs

This activity can also be changed to a fraction activity. Eggs are not labeled, but filled with pom pom ball colors. Each student gets one egg. Students write down the fraction for each color pom pom ball in their egg.

Place Value Eggs

Students count out pom pom balls in eggs labeled thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones. They build a number based on how many pom poms are in each "place." 

Money Eggs

Put various coins inside numbered plastic eggs. Then, have kids add up the money in each egg and write their answers on a piece of paper. They write the amount next to the corresponding number.

Inference Eggs

Have each student bring a plastic egg to school with a top secret surprise inside! Along with their egg, have them write three clues about what's inside, without giving it away. Tape the clues to the plastic egg. Then, toss the eggs in a bag and have each child pull an egg out. Make sure they don't end up with their own egg! After each child has an egg with the clues attached, he / she will make an inference about what's inside, using the clues that came with the egg. Will their inferencing skills solve the mystery?!

Equation Eggs

Students open an egg and write down the number inside of the egg, using a crayon that matches the egg color. Then, they solve their equation!

Jelly Bean Science and Math

Fun with Little Learners conducted a colorful experiment that demonstrates the effects of carbonated soda on jelly beans. An experiment you can taste! Click here to see the full tutorial!

After experimenting with jelly beans, do a little math! 

Peep Science

Toad Haven had fun playing with peeps! Left are some of the experiments they conducted. 

Visit Toad Haven for more peep fun!

1. Put a peep in the microwave and watch it grow! via Goons with Spoons

2. Drop a peep in a ziploc bag with baking soda and vinegar for a chemical reaction!

3. Mix two colored peeps in a bowl of water or sprite, watch the liquid change. Pink + Yellow = Orange

4. Combine hydrogen peroxide and vinegar with a peep. What happened?

5. Try dissolving a peep in baking soda and sprite. Did anything happen? Try other solutions, can you get a peep to dissolve?

6. Sink or Float? Can you make a peep sink? via Peep Research 

Scientific Egg Dye

Kids transform into mini scientists, mixing up fruit, veggie, and spice concoctions to make vibrant dye! Then, become mini naturalists, hunting for items in nature that will create beautiful prints.

Check out these awesome egg creations by 4 us to Be! Visit the site for a list of color recipes! Then, learn how to create nature prints at Family Fun!

Egg Carton Place Value

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Visit Third Grade Thinkers for free printables for this activity, as well as for more learning fun!

Egg Carton Flowers

Upcycle an egg carton into a flower bouquet! Check out how Krokotak turned an egg carton into a floral wreath!

photo via Krokotak

How to: Scramble an Egg Without Cracking It!

Create a golden egg! Visit Instructables to find out how!

EGG-cellent Experiments!

Naked Egg - create a bouncy egg! Kids dissolve the shell away with vinegar!

You made a naked egg, now what?! Shrink it and blow it back up again! You can also add black syrup and examine the inside!

Featured above:
Check out The h bar for lots of twists on the classic naked egg experiment!
Visit Toledo Imagination Station for an osmosis experiment! Kids shrink their naked egg with corn syrup. Then, they inflate it with water!

Click here for simplified instructions for Naked Egg Part 1 and Part 2
To learn all about eggs, check out Egg Fun!

 Egg Geodes - crystallize an egg shell!