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>I remember doing this in the 4th grade. That was a time when milk still came
>in glass bottles.  One of the things that always surprised me was that the
>egg didn't go slowly, it went in the blink of an eye....  You can also just
>stick a piece of torn newspaper into the bottle.

Ah, yes, but the burnt torn newspaper puts a lot of soot into the bottle - messy for cleanup and makes attempting to get the egg out of the bottle really disgusting.  The candles keep things nice &
clean (and you get get really stupid about it and have the audience sing "Happy Birthday" as you light the candles with a blowtorch...).  The things we do to keep an audience engaged...

Michelle

Michelle Nichols, Master Educator for Informal Programs
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
1300 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL  60605
312-322-0520 
312-322-9181 (fax)
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http://www.adlerplanetarium.org

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