Whether a chick can breathe inside its shell is an interesting question. Every animal needs oxygen to survive, so the chick must get air somehow. Try this science project to discover if the pores in a chicken egg shell allow water to enter by weighing eggs before and after hard boiling.

Concepts

carbon dioxide, oxygen, weight, birds

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Additional Tags

air cell, air sack, chicken egg, egg shell pores, science fair project, science buddies, zoology project

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)