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Mysterious eggs
In this mystery, students make a hypothesis based on the old saying that a rotten egg floats when put in fresh water, and fresh eggs sink. This is a good investigation to discuss margin of error and the validity of the results.
Curriculum links include density, Archimedes principle, buoyancy.
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