Name: __________________________ Grade and Section___________ Date ______

Activity 3
Floating Egg Science Experiment
(Testing the Hypothesis, Identifying Variables and Gathering of Data)

Objectives:
1. Test a formulated hypothesis.
2. Identify the variables in a given experiment.
3. Record results from an experiment conducted.

Materials:
2 eggs salt
2 tall drinking glass water

Essential Question:
What do you think will happen to the egg in the glass of water if you add salt in it?
Procedure:
1. Fill a tall drinking glass about ¾ full of water.
2. Place the egg into the glass of water and watch it sink.
Question No. 1: What happens to the egg placed into the glass of water?

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3. Fill another tall drinking glass about ¾ full of water.
Question No.2: What do you think will happen to the egg in the glass with
water if you add salt in it?

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4. Add 3 tablespoons of salt and stir until combined.
5. Put an egg on the mixed water and salt. Observe.
Question No. 3: What causes the egg to float in the water?

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Analysis Questions:

1.Before you conduct the experiment, you were asked to answer the essential question,
what do you call to the “answer” you gave previously?

2.What is a “hypothesis”? _______________________________________________

3.How do we test if a hypothesis is correct or not?_____________________________

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4.In the activity, what were the things that you performed to verify if your hypothesis is
correct or not?
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5.What are the factors that changes along the course of the experiment? What do you
call these factors?
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