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Testing the Strength of Egg Shells

January 23, 2020 By Janice VanCleave

Why hens don't break the eggs they sit on! The secret to hens being able to sit on their eggs without cracking them has to do with their dome-shaped ends.  A dome is a three-dimensional arch, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Physics Tagged With: arc, compression, dome structure, forces, hatching goose eggs, strength of egg shells, tension, Thomas Edison

Why setting hens don’t break their eggs.

September 23, 2016 By Janice VanCleave

Did You Know? Thomas Edison was a very curious child. It is said that he observed a goose sitting on her eggs, and his mother explained that the hen was keeping the eggs warm so they would hatch. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Engineering, structural engineering Tagged With: compression, dome shaped, goose eggs, structural engineering, tension, Thomas Edison, three-dimensional arch

More About Surface Tension

August 15, 2014 By Janice VanCleave

http://springfieldmn.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html

How many pennies can you add to a glass filled to overflowing with water?  What is Surface Tension? The photo shows a penny being added to a glass filled to overflowing with water. Notice how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, forces and motion, Physics, surface tension Tagged With: cohesive force, force, Mary Bowen, matter, physical properties, science standards, surface tension, tension

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