Now any District that you have completed 100 percent will turn blue on the Crime Map. She has a degree in Bioengineering from the University of Maine and has a personal interest in the life sciences and engineering which makes bioengineering a perfect crossover. In addition to working with school groups, she works with our Teen Program, Overnights department, and shoots weekly science segments for WFSB. He has been nominated for several Emmy awards for weather anchoring and has won awards from the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcaster’s Association and the American Meteorological society.Īoife Ryle is a STEM Educator at the Connecticut Science Center. Mark Dixon is a meteorologist on WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News and a host of the weekly Science Sunday segments with the Connecticut Science Center. As long as you are experimenting safely, no idea is too weird or crazy! Try out as many of your own ideas as you can think of! One of the best parts of science is that it is based on the fun of exploring and discovering. Make sure to test in a place that is easy to clean. Two things to remember as you experiment with your eggs: You can experiment with this membrane by seeing what placing the egg in different liquids will do. A semi-permeable membrane allows certain molecules to pass through. The membrane is a semi-permeable membrane. If you would like to take your science experiment a step further, try placing your shell-less egg in different liquids. Be warned – it is very likely to break open! Can you spot the yolk? Try carefully bouncing the egg on a surface. This protein matrix is partially made up of keratin – the same protein in our nails and hair! Try shining a flashlight through the membrane. The thin layer you notice holding everything together is a flexible membrane made out of protein. The result of this reaction is calcium acetate which is now floating around outside the egg, some carbon dioxide which you might have seen in the form of bubbles coming off the egg, and of course – your now shell-less egg.Ģ CH 3 COOH + CaCO 3 = Ca(CH 3 COO) 2 + H 2 O + CO 2Īcetic acid + Calcium carbonate = Calcium acetate + Water + Carbon dioxideĬarefully take your egg out and feel it. Vinegar contains acetic acid which reacts with the calcium carbonate shell. Congratulations! You have successfully removed the calcium carbonate shell from your egg. 
You can carefully replace the vinegar with fresh vinegar and put it back in its safe spot.Īfter 24-36 hours, you should find that your egg is now squishy and pliable. You might notice that the shell is flaking off or that the previously clear vinegar is now murky.
Make sure to place your new science experiment in a quiet place where it won’t be disturbed. Before you put away the carton of eggs, grab one and submerge it fully in vinegar. Look out for this membrane, between the whites of the egg and the inside of the shell, the next time you make your breakfast!Īfter you practice your new egg cracking skills, you might find yourself looking for something to do. As the vinegar dissolves the calcium carbonate in the shell, it leaves behind the rest of the egg encased in a membrane. By doing a simple at-home experiment of soaking an egg in vinegar, you can see how the structure of the egg relates to the best cracking technique. Instead, by cracking the egg on a flat surface, you avoid breaking the membrane of the shell, allowing the egg to come out smoothly with no shell attached.
CRACKDOWN 3 SCIENCE CENTER CRACK
When you crack an egg on the edge of a bowl or pan, you force some of the shell back into the egg, resulting in tiny fragments of shell in your eggs. In this edition of Science Sunday, Mark and Aoife crackdown on a scientific way to break open an eggshell.
This Sunday morning, as you make scrambled eggs or incorporate a couple of eggs into your pancakes, take a closer look at your egg cracking technique.
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