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What is in an egg?
Which animals lay
eggs?
From hen to shop
Where do eggs come from?
Humpty Dumpty
How strong is an egg?
Why do we eat?
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Break a raw egg onto a saucer or into a bowl.

Look at it carefully.






Print out the diagram
Link the words to the correct part of the diagram.
One has been done for you.


1. Touch the yolk and the layers of white with your finger. *

(a) Write down how it feels.
(b) Write down how it smells.

2. Find the papery white 'skin' that is stuck to the shell.

(a) Peel some of it of.
(b) Is it stretchy? Write down how it feels.
(c) Let it dry for 5 minutes. Is it still stretchy? Write down how it has changed.

* remember to wash your hands afterwards