5 senses

What's in the Egg?

Materials Needed: 

• observation sheets
• pennies
• marbles
• rice
• paper clips
• plastic eggs 

1) Students will get in groups and each group will be given 4 eggs with a lid. Each egg will contain an object and will be labeled "1", "2", "3", and "4".

2) The students are to make a prediction on what kind of object they think is in each egg. Egg #1 will be filled with pennies, Egg #2 will be filled with paper clips, Egg #3 will be filled with rice, and Egg #4 will be filled with marbles (the students will not know this).

3) The students will examine each egg, without looking inside, and record what their predictions are. They will also explain why they think that object is in that specific egg. For example the student may write, "I predict that marbles are in egg #3 because it is very loud when I shake the egg."

4) After each group has recorded their predictions, the teacher will reveal what objects were in each eggs.

5) The students will then write whether or not their predictions were correct.