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Eggsperiments

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Eggsperiments
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Summary

A few kitchen egg tricks -- like slipping a peeled egg into a bottle -- show off air pressure and other invisible forces. A short Nat Geo Kids clip (2:05) you can drop straight into a lesson.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A few kitchen egg tricks -- like slipping a peeled egg into a bottle -- show off air pressure and other invisible forces.

  1. In your own words, what was this clip mostly about?
  2. What did you learn about pressure that you didn't know before?
  3. What's one question this makes you want to investigate further?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: pressure, force, experiment.

Try it: Tell a partner what "Eggsperiments" was about using these three words, then write down one new thing you learned and one thing you still wonder.