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PHY ICS - The Institute of Physics in Ireland

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12 P H Y S I C S O N S T A G E 2<br />

Eggsperiment 1: sp<strong>in</strong>ners<br />

NETHERLANDS: ‘Discovery Game’ Piet Blankert and Johan van de Adel<br />

Boiled Egg<br />

Sp<strong>in</strong>s Fast<br />

Sp<strong>in</strong> two eggs one boiled, one raw.<br />

<strong>The</strong> liquid <strong>in</strong> the raw egg also needs to rotate, so the egg sp<strong>in</strong>s irregularly and<br />

more slowly than the cooked egg.<br />

Eggsperiment 2: the great egg race<br />

Boiled Egg W<strong>in</strong>s<br />

Further Topics: L<strong>in</strong>ear Motion, Rotational Motion, Inertia, etc.<br />

Raw Egg<br />

Sp<strong>in</strong>s Slowly

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